Scientists spotted a very rare North Pacific Right Whale at Cordell Bank, a shallow granite outcrop about 3 miles off the Point Reyes National Seashore coast on Friday May 24, 2024.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— NOAA Fisheries announced today that it intends to expand critical habitat protections in Alaska for the North Pacific right whale. If finalized, the action will help protect the ...

A North Pacific right whale was spotted near Point Reyes by a marine wildlife team that was in the Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Jenna Malek, ...

The whale remained there for 20 minutes, KTVU reported. North Pacific right whales are baleen whales that can grow to be 64 feet long and 70 years old if left alone. That is an important caveat.

A North Pacific right whale, believed to be one of only 32 surviving individuals of the critically endangered species, was spotted, tracked and photographed by a Monterey Bay Whale Watch vessel.

The whale remained there for 20 minutes, KTVU reported. North Pacific right whales are baleen whales that can grow to be 64 feet long and 70 years old if left alone. That is an important caveat.

The age and sex of the individual recently seen near Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary have not been confirmed, but North Pacific right whales can grow up to 64 feet long and weigh up to 100 ...

The announcement follows a 2022 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity and Save the North Pacific Right Whale seeking to revise and expand the whales’ eastern population’s critical habitat ...

The whales give birth off the southeastern U.S. in the winter and spring and migrate north to New England and Canada to feed.

The North Atlantic right whale has a median lifespan of only 22.3 years because of human impacts, and 10% survive past 47.2 years. The study suggests that all balaenids and likely most great ...

The whale remained there for 20 minutes, KTVU reported. North Pacific right whales are baleen whales that can grow to be 64 feet long and 70 years old if left alone. That is an important caveat.