Frequently asked questions about interactions between offshore wind energy projects and whales.

Reducing the number of large whale entanglements and minimizing the likelihood of large whales becoming entangled in fishing gear promotes the conservation of healthy whale populations along the U.S. West Coast.

Contact information for the Whale Ecology Branch.

Acoustic monitoring of Cook Inlet beluga whales and killer whales, which prey on belugas

During a vessel survey in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists sighted Rice’s whales! Rice’s whales are endangered, and each sighting of this species is important to building our scientific understanding of the population.

Watch this video to learn how we work to help disentangle whales across the country.

Analysis of issuing annual quotas to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission for a subsistence bowhead whale hunt.

All boaters can help save right whales by slowing down in Right Whale Slow Zones.

The North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) was heavily exploited by both nineteenth century whaling and recent (1960s) illegal Soviet catches. Today, the species remains extremely rare especially in the eastern North Pacific.

Blue Whale 5-Year Review

The Audubon Society of Rhode Island and the New Bedford Whaling Museum teams join NOAA Fisheries, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in sponsoring Whale SENSE.

Learn about Rice’s whales—their population status, habitat, threats, and other frequently asked questions.

In search of the white whale.

Images of the endangered Rice’s whale taken and compiled by NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center and partners.

Northern right whale dolphins are found in the deep, cold waters of the Pacific Ocean. They usually travel in groups of 100 to 200 individuals but sometimes travel in groups of up to 3,000. Learn more about the northern right whale dolphin.