New research published in Science Advances reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years—almost twice as long ...

Responses to Freedom of Information Act requests about bycatch included blurry photos and blacked-out text that conceal ...

What if some of the land at Joint Base Cape Cod could be used for housing? A new master plan could explore that and other ...

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

Through an aerial survey scanning the Atlantic waters, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has ...

One of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales is expected to die after becoming entangled in fishing gear near ...

Two endangered whales have been found entangled in fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts, and one of them is likely to ...

Scientists from Mystic Aquarium conducted a necropsy on a dead minke whale washed up on Quonnie Beach in Charlestown, Rhode ...

The two whales have been identified as a juvenile male — which authorities think will “likely to die” — and a 13-year-old ...

California is set to double participation in a pilot program testing the use of pop-up fishing gear for harvesting Dungeness ...

Investigators have confirmed that, for the first time, China has overtaken the United States as holder of the highest number of captive orcas (22). A report released today by the China Cetacean ...