Not only are blue whales the largest animals in the sea, they are also the largest animals ever to live on this planet—even bigger than all known dinosaurs.

Hang a beluga whale in your window for others to see and enter the name of your beluga into the Name A Whale Contest.

These reports were contracted and created by the Arctic Whale Ecology Study (ARCWEST).

You can help save endangered North Atlantic right whales by slowing down to 10 knots or less in waters where they are likely present.

NWFSC scientists Eric Ward and Elizabeth Holmes, along with Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research, have found a correlation between the abundance of Chinook salmon and the fecundity (reproductive success) of killer whales.

Sound plays an essential role for marine species, and the ocean is getting noisier. NOAA works to understand and reduce the impacts of human-produced noise on whales.

Scientists are working to understand why the population of Southern Resident killer whales isn’t rebounding, and what we can do to help them recover.

NOAA Fisheries to issue a final rule to include Lolita, a captive killer whale at the Miami Seaquarium, in the endangered species listing for Southern Resident Killer Whales.

North Atlantic right whale vessel speed restrictions reduce the likelihood of lethal collisions between vessels and these endangered whales.

Vessel speed restrictions were established to protect right whales from potentially deadly vessel strikes.

With an unprecedented number of right whale deaths in recent years, avoiding migrating whales is critical to their survival.

Explore the wonderful world of whales and learn some fascinating facts about them.

NOAA Fisheries designates critical habitat for the North Pacific right whale in this rulemaking. The North Pacific right whale was recently listed as a separate, endangered species.

Get the latest North Atlantic right whale updates from NOAA Fisheries.

The eastern North Pacific population of right whales is the most endangered large whale population in the world. Scientists believe there are only 30 North Pacific right whales remaining in the eastern North Pacific today.