Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Any individual with a name like Peter Rabbit might be expected to crave carrots and cabbage, but there is now a bearer of the name ...

Scientists announced new names for 20 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, which helps identify the whales based on their resemblance to popular characters and other animals.The annual ...

Scientists at the New England Aquarium have unveiled a new slate of named North Atlantic right whales—a tradition that helps researchers in the field identify the animals in real time. This year's ...

Meet Wall-E, Dumpling, Polaris, Peter Rabbit, and Hopscotch. They are five of the 20 Atlantic right whales recently named by scientists at the New England Aquarium as part of an annual tradition that ...

Move over Mick Jagger. There’s a new star in town. “Jagger” the whale is one of 19 North Atlantic right whales that have new names, as New England Aquarium scientists unveiled a slate of named whales ...

A 3-year-old North Atlantic right whale male now swimming the sea may not have the moves like Mick Jagger, but he certainly has the lips. That's what's earned the animal, a member of a critically ...

FILE - This Sept. 2015, photo provided by NOAA Fisheries shows an aerial view of adult female Southern Resident killer whale (J16) swimming with her calf (J50). New research suggests that inbreeding ...

It’s the annual naming day for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Scientists at the New England Aquarium have unveiled a new slate of named North Atlantic right whales — a ...