The whales often feed close to shore, though, offering people a chance to view the animals from the shore. Endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the coast of Cape Cod over ...

Right whale No. 5132 was spotted last Monday, ... The second right whale spotted on Dec. 9 was No. 4120, an adult female with two fishing lines exiting the left side of its mouth.

The whales are North Atlantic right whales, ... A North Atlantic right whale documented with two fishing lines exiting the left side of the mouth, Dec. 9, 2024. (NOAA Fisheries via AP, File) ...

Conservationists are getting better at monitoring the movement of the highly endangered right whale. They hope it will encourage ships to slow down in an effort to save the species.

Here’s the story of Squilla, a rare North Atlantic right whale mother, and her firstborn. To help their species continue, they’d have to navigate an increasingly dangerous ocean.

Two entangled North Atlantic right whales were spotted swimming off Nantucket last week, and officials said the younger one is not expected to survive. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

NANTUCKET, Mass. – Two endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off Massachusetts with entanglements that could potentially be life-threatening to the massive mammals.

It is illegal to get within 500 yards of a North Atlantic right whale without a research permit. The whales often feed close to shore, though, offering people a chance to view the animals from the ...

WASHINGTON — A third endangered whale has been spotted entangled in fishing gear off the East Coast, marking an alarming end to the year for a species threatened with extinction. The whales are North ...