Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging ...

Tiny sharks have long been blamed for the eerily perfect circles carved into the skin of whales, dolphins and even submarines, but until recently the details of how they pulled off this surgical ...

Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the ...

When a right whale appeared trailing fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay Jan. 17, rescuers mobilized – underscoring challenges the ...

Two TikTok fishermen are facing a tsunami of backlash after a disturbing video showed them laughing, posing, and climbing ...

The once-booming population that passed California twice a year has cratered because of retreating sea ice. A new kind of intervention is needed.

A routine January flight over Cape Cod Bay turned up numbers – and whales – local researchers rarely see. One day, one survey ...

As they begin their yearly migration back to New England waters, I'm hoping for safe passage and fewer ropes and ships in ...

PORTLAND, Maine — One of the world's rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of ...

A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., on March 28, 2018. PORTLAND, Maine — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies ...