Scientists noted that further research will highlight the path forward. Scientists make alarming discovery about ...

We also connect with a local lobsterman concerned about the impact of protective measures on the commercial fishing fleet and ...

People at the southern California Ventura Harbor were in for an amazing sight when a juvenile humpback whale swam right past them. Experts believe the young whale had separated from its pod and was ...

Whale sharks, coral reefs and safari tents amid the dunes: this remote lodge immerses travellers in Western Australia’s ...

Scientists have found that, even though right whales are protected from direct catch, they are significantly shorter compared to 40 years ago due in part to commercial fishing, according to a new ...

The right whales are dying at an alarming rate, from ship strikes and entanglement in lobster and fishing gear. NOAA’s fisheries division found that, to avoid extinction, ...

Right whales are sometimes called urban whales because they hang out in industrial waters where large vessels roam, particularly off Jacksonville, Fla., and Brunswick, Ga.

There are less than 370 North Atlantic right whales left in the world — and a local man spotted one off the southern Avalon ...

The calf is the 14th right whale since 2008 to be struck by a vessel in U.S. waters with an injury that led either to a death or an injury from which the animal was not likely to survive ...

A right whale mom and her new calf were spotted by a Florida team of researchers off the South Carolina coast. Only about 360 right whales are left.

The first baby North Atlantic right whale of the year has been found dead from a ship collision. Environmental groups demand protections for the whales, of which fewer than 360 remain.