Stay 500 yards away, about the length of five football fields. This regulation applies to vessels, aircraft, drones and ...

Biologists from the New England Aquarium say 20 percent of all the right whales in the world are together, right now, off the ...

The proposed changes, which they argued could hurt the fishing and boating industries and other related businesses.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials are warning boaters about a large group of North Atlantic right ...

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population ...

An anti-offshore wind group is petitioning the federal government to establish a safe corridor for critically endangered ...

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has awarded Saint Mary’s University a contract to update the DNA database of one of ...

Two more North Atlantic right whale calves have been sighted off the coast of the southeastern U.S., bringing the total number of calves so far this calving sea ...

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right ...

In his message, Kehiler warned lobstermen that any entanglements linked to Maine fishing gear could lead to further ...

NOAA has withdrawn vessel speed rule changes aimed at strengthening protections for North Atlantic right whales, drawing mixed reactions.

The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research ...