The whale spotted off North Carolina has suffered a serious injury and is likely to die as a result of the entanglement, NOAA ...

A study commissioned by the affluent Massachusetts island says loss of high-speed ferry service would result in a 10 percent ...

Aerial surveillance teams spotted a juvenile male whale on Dec. 16 about 100 kilometres off the ... within a few kilometres ...

The sighting comes just one week after two North Atlantic right whales ― a young male and an adolescent female ― were seen ...

Nantucket leaders' fear about the economic effect of proposed vessel speed limits are backed by a new study. Limits are ...

One of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales is expected to die after becoming entangled in fishing gear near Nantucket along with a second whale, the National Oceanic and ...

We owe it to the right whale — and to so many other species — to reconstruct what our own history has taken from them.

Changes in ferry service would result in a loss of commuters, visitors, and outbound trade, according to the report. The ...

A survey team said a thick rope was located over one whale’s head and back, which could cause its eventual death.

While all shipping poses whale collision risks, researchers identified “hot spots” — mostly near continental coastlines — where whales were most threatened. A global analysis has found ...