The study focused on two species: the Southern right whale, which lives in the oceans around Antarctica, Australia, South America and South Africa; and the North Atlantic right whale, which can be ...

who thrilled at the chance of learning how the species produces sound and what it eats. “Who knows what we’ll discover?” Only six other spade-toothed whales have ever been found, but all those ...

DNA sequencing in 2002 proved that all three specimens were of the same species — and that it was distinct from other beaked whales. But researchers studying the mammal couldn’t confirm ...

Boaters spotted pilot whales off of Auckland ... which undertake some of the longest migrations in the world, are found in all oceans, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species, including from commercial ...

are one of the most endangered large whale species. By Johnny Diaz Two endangered whales have been found entangled in fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts, and one of them is likely to die ...

Other large whale species previously documented in the state ... The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says sei whales inhabit all oceans and adjoining seas except in tropical and polar regions ...