The estimated population of the critically endangered whale that traverses N.C. coastal waters has ticked up slightly for the ...

Slaughter for oil and baleen may have eased but there is a new threat... with the melting of Arctic ice, ship traffic is increasing and these slow-moving giants are being run down by ships ...

Caitlin Birdsall, executive director of the Marine Education and Research Society, says the whale discovered Nov. 8 off ...

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One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, according to scientists who study them.The North ...

Whale expert Eduardo Mercado proposes a groundbreaking theory about what singing whales are actually doing and argues that ...

The number of North Atlantic right whales has grown slightly, continuing a recent positive trend that has researchers "cautiously optimistic" about the critically endangered species. The whale ...

Operators of vessels 65 or longer must maintain speeds of 10 knots or slower through federal seasonal management areas for ...

North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the coast of Hilton Head Island and Savannah. The sightings were reported ...