PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years. The North ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rescuers spent multiple days trying to free Tutu, a young male humpback whale, from being tangled in fishing gear. (DFO - image ...

The lobster industry in the Northeast may have to change how it operates, based on a new federal rule expected by the end of summer. The potential changes are meant to protect the endangered North ...

New research shows that, off the U.S. West Coast, humpback whales face a higher risk of getting entangled in fishing equipment during years with lower availability of cool-water habitat, where the ...

This year's whale season offered spectacular encounters with these majestic giants as thousands of whales migrated along Australia's east coast. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – A juvenile North Atlantic right whale named “Division” was sighted off Jekyll Island in Georgia, entangled in fishing lines, raising concerns about its survival, experts say. In a news ...

A trained team from the West Coast Large Whale Entanglement Response Program works to free an entangled gray whale off the coast of Orange County in December 2017. (File photo by West Coast Marine ...