Scientists made an incredible discovery last year: a small, "unique" group of baleen whales in the Gulf of Mexico that make up an entirely new species. The whales — up to 60,000 pounds each ...

The rare Rice's whale is further endangered by inadequate protection from Gulf of Mexico oil drilling, the Sierra Club claims ...

Swimming with whales is illegal in Mexico – except when it isn’t. After the discovery of loopholes within the law, tourist ...

Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself. That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of ...

Rice’s whale is the only year-round resident baleen whale in the northern Gulf of Mexico. At an estimated population size of only 51 animals, it is one of the world’s most endangered baleen ...

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.

The whale has been spotted most frequently off the coast of Alabama and the western coast of Florida, according to the NOAA. It lives year-round in the Gulf of Mexico; it’s the only baleen whale ...

The Trump administration published a long-awaited environmental assessment on Tuesday that found that vessel strikes related ...

A NOAA photo of a Rice's whale—the species has lost some of its protections in the northern Gulf of Mexico. A NOAA photo of a Rice's whale—the species has lost some of its protections in the ...

Scientists made an incredible discovery last year: a small, "unique" group of baleen whales in the Gulf of Mexico that make up an entirely new species. The whales — up to 60,000 pounds each ...