The North Atlantic Ocean is warming up. Higher temperatures and increased human activity in the region can trigger abrupt ...
Among marine mammals, beluga whales ( Delphinapterus leucas) are particularly difficult to study in their icy habitat. To better understand and protect this endangered species, scientists must piece ...
New Canadian research, using decades of samples from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, shows that as Arctic krill becomes scarce, fin ...
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...
A group of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on ...
After right whales were redetected east of Ocean City, Maryland, on Jan. 14, the right whale Slow Zone has been extended ...
A n isolated Alaskan population of beluga whales is small enough that inbreeding could be a major threat. Yet they remain ...
With the presence of right whales detected anew Jan. 3, 2026, east of Ocean City, a new right whale Slow Zone is now in ...