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 ...

Passengers on a boat captained by SeaTrek Charters of SWFL were in for a rare sight recently off the Fort Myers coast. An endangered North Atlantic right whale surfaced near the vessel and the ...

NANTUCKET - In what could be another blow to the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population, scientists said Wednesday that they recently spotted two entangled whales about 50 miles ...

North Atlantic right whales were detected near Ocean City, Maryland, prompting a Slow Zone for boaters. Boaters are asked to avoid the area or travel at 10 knots or less through March 5. The Slow Zone ...

Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve ...

Wondering what those huge, dark blobs in the ocean are this winter? If you guessed a whale, you're right! North Atlantic right whales have been making their annual trek to Florida since late November, ...

WELLFLEET, Mass. (WPRI) — Researchers spotted an encouraging sign for a critically endangered species in Cape Cod Bay on Tuesday. The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) said its aerial observers saw a ...

A group of over 75 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were seen in shipping lanes south of Martha’s Vineyard, the New England Aquarium announced, triggering a “crucial” slow zone in the ...

Aerial observers from the Center for Coastal Studies on Wednesday observed a North Atlantic right whale mother with her calf in Cape Cod Bay, approximately 5 miles west of Great Island, Wellfleet.

Whales are extraordinary creatures – not only are some the largest animals to have ever inhabited the planet, but others are ...