A 38-foot-long baleen whale that washed up near the Florida Everglades was later found to be a distinct species, now called the Rice's whale, that lives only in the Gulf of Mexico.

Endangered Rice's whales have lost some of their protections under one of President Donald Trump 's executive orders that aims to reduce the regulatory burdens on America's energy industry.

Two court cases pitting environmental groups against oil and gas producers could determine the fate of the Rice's Whale in the Gulf of Mexico.

This is the Rice’s whale, one of the Gulf of Mexico’s largest and most mysterious animals. Found nowhere else on Earth, it is the only baleen whale that lives in the Gulf year-round.

New Rice's whale sitings, a rare whale unique to the Gulf of Mexico, has prompted new worries about the dangers it faces from heavy ship traffic near Louisiana and Texas.

A Rice’s whale swims in the Gulf of Mexico. Two of the baleen whales, which are endangered, were spotted off the coast of Corpus Christi last month, according to the National Oceanic and ...

While it can be common for sperm whales to migrate from the North Atlantic around Florida to the Gulf of Mexico, the large mammals are not known for stopping along the way to the warm gulf waters ...

New research shows Rice's whales frequent Texas areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Here's what you need to know about the endangered species.

NOAA revealed last year that Rice's whales, which can grow to be longer than a full-size school bus, are the only baleen whales known to inhabit Gulf waters.

Rice’s whales are a species of baleen whale found solely in the Gulf of Mexico, thought to be the region’s only year-round baleen resident. They were not discovered until 1965 and even then ...

The whale making waves in the Gulf of Mexico drilling fight Discovered in 2021, the Rice’s whale is now at the center of a fierce political debate over offshore oil and gas production.