The world's population of North Atlantic right whales has been decimated in recent years by human-caused vessel strikes and rope entanglements, and now another member of this rare species faces the ...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law credited with saving rare whales - One of the US.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation is the subject of an effort for cutbacks ...

Conservative leaders feel they now have the political will to remove key pieces of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted ...

New England Aquarium researchers recently documented what they say was a rare sighting of an endangered fin whale and its calf. Scientists on a July 24 aerial survey flew over the Northeast Canyons ...

A “very rare” pygmy sperm whale recently washed ashore in Devon, England, according to a local wildlife charity. Photo from Veronica White, UnSplash A pygmy sperm whale — a rare and mysterious marine ...

Researchers believe they have found a previously unknown species of beaked whale in waters off Mexico's western coast. If confirmed, the new species would mark a significant discovery among giant ...

Right whales, from the family Balaenidae, include four living species of endangered whale that can reach more than 60 feet long and have existed for about 20 million years. Small right whale ancestors ...

An aerial survey of marine wildlife in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument turned up an unexpected but very welcome sight. As CBS reports, the researchers from the New England ...

Over 60% of whale sharks in Indonesia are scarred, most by boats and fishing platforms. Scientists say simple changes to gear ...

A bill in the works has support from Maine fishermen and lobbyists for big-money species such as tuna in Hawaiʻi and crab in ...

A pygmy sperm whale — a rare and mysterious marine species — recently washed ashore in England. The stranding took place at Bigbury Beach in South Devon, about 230 miles southwest of London, according ...