Despite being one of the largest animals on the planet, the limited population and vast territory of the North Atlantic right ...

Researchers documented 95 large whales entangled in fishing gear in the United States in 2024. That’s an increase from 2023 ...

Waters off California, Massachusetts, Alaska, and Hawaii saw a sharp rise in whale entanglements part of a nationwide ...

Fall airplane surveys tracking North Atlantic right whales north of Cape Cod in the Gulf of Maine, run by the Provincetown-based Center for Coastal Studies, are off the table after federal funding was ...

Rope-heavy fishing traps are a deadly hazard for North Atlantic right whales. There are safer options. Why haven’t they caught on more widely?

Nearly 100 whales were entangled in fishing lines last year, the highest number in five years, according to a new report from ...

The North Atlantic Right Whale is one of the most endangered whale species. One of their biggest threats are vessel strikes.

Whaling fleets nearly wiped out North Atlantic right whales last century. Now these huge mammals are threatened by other human behavior: big ships, fishing gear and entanglement in federal bureaucracy ...

According to a new report by NOAA Fisheries, the number of large whale entanglements recorded by the agency in 2024 was ...

While orcas, also known as "killer whales," are a common sight in the northeast Pacific Ocean, they’re rarely detected in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, where little is understood about pods that swim ...