In his message, Kehiler warned lobstermen that any entanglements linked to Maine fishing gear could lead to further ...

Whales are the biggest creatures on Earth. These animals are found in every ocean, but that doesn't make them fish.

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population ...

The move in the waning days of the Biden administration will leave the endangered North Atlantic right whale vulnerable to ...

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right whale conservation.

Federal regulators are abandoning a proposal to expand ocean speed limits that were designed to protect North Atlantic right whales. The whales, which give birth off Georgia’s coast in the winter, are ...

Conservationists have pushed for additional right whale protections for decades. Now, they find themselves, and the whales they’re ... really big — that is the size of a school bus.

The changes NOAA initially proposed in July 2022 would have expanded the size ... right whales has seen a slight increase in recent years, with the latest estimate from the the North Atlantic ...

PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government is withdrawing a proposal that would require more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale, officials said ...