Rice’s whales can measure up to 41 feet long and weigh up to 60,000 pounds. The species is also characterized by three ...

The God Squad exempted Gulf oil drilling from the Endangered Species Act, threatening the rare Rice's whale with extinction ...

Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales survive in the Gulf of America, making them the only resident baleen whale in those waters and ...

The "God Squad" voted unanimously to remove protections for Gulf animals, for "security." It's not the first time federal ...

Environmentalist groups say Mexico’s government lied about the origins of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, ...

The committee has approved an exemption to endangered species protections for just the third time in its history ...

Nicknamed the "God Squad" by groups who say it can decide a species' fate, the government's Endangered Species Committee ...

For the fourth time in its history, the Endangered Species Committee met Tuesday to decide whether to grant an exception to ...

The North Atlantic right whale can easily be identified by the white calluses on its head, which are very noticeable against the whale’s dark gray body. It has a broad back without a dorsal fin and a ...

A committee of senior officials in President Donald Trump's administration voted on Tuesday to exempt the Gulf of Mexico oil ...

Scientists fear that expanding oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could push the giant mammal to extinction.

One of the world’s rarest whales lives in only one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand ...