As dozens of North Atlantic right whales continue to group near Jeffreys Ledge, marine officials are urging lobster fishermen to remove nearby fishing gear and said they will not be enforcing state ...

Shortly before Trump’s inauguration, a federal agency withdrew a proposal to protect North Atlantic right whales from vessel ...

Although we humans certainly do like to think of ourselves as smart, we only just discovered a new species of whale. The Rice's whale.

A dwarf sperm whale was discovered stranded at Tondavli near Sarjekot in Maharashtra`s Sindhudurg district, sparking a rescue ...

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...

Trump declared an energy emergency via executive order earlier this week amid a promise to “drill, baby, drill.” ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited the impact ...

Meanwhile the planet’s biggest overarching threat—climate change—is expected to worsen under Trump, who ordered the U.S. to leave the Paris Climate Agreement on his first day back in office.

Massachusetts politicians were fine with the economic costs of protecting endangered species – but only when it meant ...

The S.C. State Ports Authority, which opposed a now-withdrawn proposal to slow ship speeds to protect North Atlantic Right ...

Despite its best efforts, NMFS does not have sufficient time to finalize this regulation in this Administration due to the ...

Computer models helped decode whale communication. But some scientists say there are barriers that cannot be overcome.