The juvenile minke whale had been spotted swimming around San Francisco Bay for nearly a week by the time she beached herself off the coast of Emeryville April 8. Scientists had thought she seemed ...

A spokesperson for MSC Cruises said the whale ... which is an autopsy for animals. DISNEY CRUISE LINE PASSENGER RESCUED BY US COAST GUARD AFTER EMERGENCY OFF PUERTO RICO "The right flipper had ...

Cape Cod’s waters now host two high-tech buoys that listen for endangered right whales. How does this help protect these giants in real time?

Australia's population of southern right whales has experienced substantial growth since the late 1970s when they began to ...

Researchers and conservationists remind the public to respect the whales’ space. It is illegal to approach a North Atlantic ...

A new study has found the southern right whale population recovery seems to have recently stalled at a level far below pre-whaling levels. Researchers say they are fearful it might signal the "end ...

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales take to Cape Cod Bay, experts are working to save a young whale that has been dangerously entangled in fishing gear for months. After traveling south for ...

April 24 marks North Atlantic right whale day in Massachusetts, a day to raise awareness of one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world that visits the Bay State's coast every spring.

No dorsal fin. V-shaped blow. Almost extinct. Right Whale Day brings a rare species into focus — before it’s too late.

The Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown is working to disentangle a young North Atlantic right whale in Cape Cod Bay. The MAER team ...