Satellite tracking of New Zealand southern right whales, or tohorā, has revealed a key feeding location about 500kms south of Australia that needs to be protected, University of Auckland scientists ...

Once driven to the brink of extinction by commercial whaling, southern right whales slowly returned to Australian coastlines ...

Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve of a dark smooth back sliding beneath the surface, or for the fortunate, ...

Southern right whales are having fewer calves as sea ice shrinks. Scientists say this species may now be a warning sign of climate change.

Longer stints between southern right whale babies are sounding alarm bells for all species reliant on krill and a healthy ...

The tide has turned on the conservation success story of the southern right whale. Once considered a global conservation ...

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