Since 2008, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has imposed speed restrictions on ships 65 feet and ...

The first sighting occurred during a flight over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, an underwater ...

Estimates suggest there are about 50 remaining Rice’s whales in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Center for Biological Diversity claims are at heightened risk from additional oil and gas activity.

Last month, a blue whale was spotted off the coast in waters near Rhode Island by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life — an “unusual occurrence” according to a NEAQ press ...

What researchers spotted off Cape Cod and the Vineyard recently is something they almost never see in these waters.

VENICE, Fla. -- A sperm whale beached off the coast of Venice, Florida, has died following attempts to save it, officials said Monday. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials are ...

Endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, earlier this week, prompting an ...

The number of North Atlantic right whales has grown slightly, continuing a recent positive trend that has researchers "cautiously optimistic" about the critically endangered species. The whale ...

Experts are worried that one of the 384 North Atlantic right whales left in the world won't survive the winter. According to a Dec. 8 Facebook post from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The song is that of a humpback whale and was recorded by scientists in March 1949 in Bermuda, researchers said.

With the Salish Sea visible to the west, more than 200 people packed the Edmonds Waterfront Center auditorium March 12 to learn about how a well-trained dog nose and killer […] ...