In fact, the southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) is the only species of dolphin in the Southern Hemisphere that doesn’t have a dorsal fin.It’s how the species got its rather inelegant ...

It was a rare southern right whale. The whale was traveling south along the beach, according to an Aug. 24 Facebook post from Dolphin Discovery Centre.

The rare southern right whale was spotted with dolphins near Bunbury Lighthouse in Australia. Photo by Ben Carless on Unsplash Visitors near the Bunbury Lighthouse in Australia recently spotted a ...

Australia's southern right whale population growth has stalled, raising questions about the recovery of a species that was nearly driven to extinction by historical whaling, according to a new study.

New study finds that adult female southern right whales visiting Cape Town are 25% lighter than 30 years ago, and are giving birth less often. Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com.

Social media posts helped scientists to monitor one of New Zealand's rarest whale species, the infrequently sighted southern right whale. Photographs shared by members of the public, via Facebook ...

The Southern right whale has a median lifespan of 73.4 years, and 10% live beyond 131.8 years. The North Atlantic right whale has a median lifespan of only 22.3 years because of human impacts, and ...

Daily movements of tagged female southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) are being documented via satellite on live maps, pointing to their foraging grounds across the southern hemisphere, and ...

There's been a helluva lot of amazing shark footage lately. But there's so much other sea life to get lucky enough to see, like the mother Southern Right whale and her calf cruising an Australian ...

A pod of northern right whale dolphins was spotted near the Channel Islands, off the Southern California coast, drone footage shows. This footage was captured by Eli Parnes-Katz, also known as ...

An adult southern right whale was recently spotted swimming alongside a humpback whale calf. Experts think the larger whale may have adopted the juvenile after it lost its real mother.

The right whales are marine mammals belonging to the family Balaenidae. Right whales are baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae. Three right whale species are recognized in the genus ...