However, there is hope. By the end of 2024, there were an estimated 384 North Atlantic right whales, a 7% increase from 2020. Some of the mothers entering the breeding pool this winter are first-time ...

Baleen whales don’t have teeth. Instead, they use baleen, a filtering system that lets the largest animals on Earth feed on ...

Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging ...

The move comes after Marineland presented what it called an urgent rescue solution to the federal government last week.

The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to oil and gas exploration to urban ...

In this rare behaviour, the dolphins push themselves vertically out of the water and ‘walk’ along using their tail.

When a right whale appeared trailing fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay Jan. 17, rescuers mobilized – underscoring challenges the ...

California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company’s plans to restart two oil pipelines along ...

New Canadian research, using decades of samples from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, shows that as Arctic krill becomes scarce, fin and minke whales are eating more of the kinds of fish that humpback whales ...

A coalition of conservation groups has asked a U.S. district court to keep vessel speed limits established to protect ...

As they begin their yearly migration back to New England waters, I'm hoping for safe passage and fewer ropes and ships in ...