Working with Google AI (artificial intelligence) to use machine learning to identify whale song.

Blue whales are classified as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act; human activities may be responsible for hampering their recovery.

Watch our video to learn more about regulations in place for right whales.

In 2002, a juvenile female killer whale was observed alone in Puget Sound, Washington. NOAA Fisheries and our partners worked together to rescue this orphaned killer whale known as Springer.

southern right whale, 5-year status review

Team studies elusive and little known True’s beaked whale

Final Environmental Impact Statement on annual catch limits for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission subsistence bowhead whale hunt.

Our scientists describe amazing moments they shared with humpback, killer, beaked, and sperm whales.

Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Marine Mammal Laboratory conducts research to manage and conserve Bowhead whale populations in Alaska.

Biological Opinion on granting quotas for subsistence hunting bowhead whales 2013 through 2018.

Hear from the NOAA Fisheries scientist who identified Bryde’s whales as the source of a new whale call—biotwang—in the North Pacific. With Google AI and machine learning, we sorted through thousands of hours of acoustic recordings to identify these calls.

Summary of 108 reported whale-vessel collisions in Alaska from 1978–2011.

Humpback whale entanglements 2013 to 2019.

NOAA Fisheries records evidence of endangered Rice’s whales in the western Gulf of Mexico. These findings demonstrate their regular occurrence in waters offshore of Texas and the first evidence of Rice’s whales offshore of Mexico.

NOAA Fisheries recognizes the importance of outreach and education to the conservation and protection of North Atlantic right whales.