North Atlantic right whale is "likely to die" after becoming entangled, NOAA says 01:30. One of the few remaining individuals of the rarest whale species in the world is now "likely to die" after ...

Whales can be found in every ocean, with many species migrating long distances between their feeding and mating grounds, where they gather to have babies. There are over 90 whale species.

One of the rarest marine mammals in the world, the North Atlantic right whale, has declined 8% in population over the past year, which researchers call deeply concerning for the species survival.

Less than 50 North Pacific right whales are believed to make up the eastern population and only 300-400 of the entire species remain, scientists say. (NOAA/Pt. Blue/ACCESS, D. Devlin) ...

The right whale population is about 340 and had declined in recent years. Protection of the whale is a source of dispute between conservationists and commercial fishermen.

Industrial-scale whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries nearly drove many whale species into extinction. Populations of some of the large marine mammals are just starting to recover after the kind ...