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

Whales get tangled in fishing line, nets, buoys, anchor line and other rope. The number of whales getting tangled up in ...

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

The world's population of North Atlantic right whales has been decimated in recent years by human-caused vessel strikes and rope entanglements, and now another member of this rare species faces the ...

Thirty years ago, scientists and conservationists believed whales were on the path to recovery: cutting-edge satellite ...

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

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

Crewmembers from Station Honolulu and members of NOAA Fisheries' telemetry team train for whale disentanglement training off Oahu on Feb. 16, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class ...

The Marshfield Police Department’s harbormaster patrolled the waters nearby. Dozens of endangered North Atlantic Right whales were seen feeding off the coast of Massachusetts over the past few days.

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 ...