If any of the whales become entangled in Maine gear, it could worsen regulations lobstermen say are already too strict.

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

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

A group of scientists saw over 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered in the Gulf of Maine. Here's what we know.

Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to ...

NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA, Fla. — The right whale "Grand Teton" was seen with a newborn calf off Amelia Island on Thursday.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Biden administration gives up on lower ocean speed limits to ...

After conservationists pushed for more, NOAA Fisheries withdrew a proposal that would have expanded boat speed limits and ...

NOAA proposed a speed change to certain water vessels in order to aid the critically endangered right whale population.

Biologists from the New England Aquarium say 20 percent of all the right whales in the world are together, right now, off the ...

It is unusual to see so many right whales off the Maine coast, especially this time of year, but research scientists with the ...