In 2021, researchers identified a new species of whale. Now, they are racing against time to save their natural habitat […] ...

Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself.

New paper describes species of baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico - Rice's whale. A species of baleen whale that is native to the Gulf of Mexico, called Rice's whale, is already threatened by ...

This deep-water development enhances our leading Gulf of Mexico portfolio, where our oil production has among the lowest GHG intensity in the world. Notes to editors The Whale production facility ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

WASHINGTON— A coalition of groups filed a petition today with the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a year-round mandatory 10-knot speed limit and other vessel-related regulations within ...

These whales' massive heads and jaws accommodate hundreds of baleen “teeth.” Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny ...

That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico—and one of the most endangered whales in the world. Scientists estimate that about 50 are left. These whales were ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced that production has started at the Shell-operated Whale floating production facility in the Gulf ...

WASHINGTON— A coalition of groups filed a petition today with the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a year-round mandatory 10-knot speed limit and other vessel-related regulations within ...