A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

A boat captain spotted two whales off the Alabama coast Sunday morning near Perdido Pass in Baldwin County. Bobby Kelly, ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, ...

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Biologists found significant blunt-force trauma on the right side of the head of a 3-year-old whale and suspect it was hit by ...

Humpback whales have been known to swim 5,000 miles from tropical grounds to colder grounds for more productive feedings and ...

Discover the 10 Best U.S. Destinations for Whale Watching, where you can catch awe-inspiring views of humpbacks, orcas, and ...

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population worldwide, have gathered in an area off the coast of New England. A aerial ...

The rule was proposed in August 2022 with the goal of limiting the number of North Atlantic right whale deaths. The whales, the agency said, were at high risk of being hit by vessels because they ...

Federal regulators are abandoning a proposal to expand ocean speed limits that were designed to protect North Atlantic right whales. The whales, which give birth off Georgia’s coast in the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WECT) - North Carolina Senator Ted Budd released a statement regarding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) withdrawing their amendment proposal to their North ...

PORTSMOUTH (WGME) – Biologists from the New England Aquarium say 20 percent of all the right whales in the world are together, right now, off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Surveyors ...