The U.S. government has promised to take “deregulatory-focused action” in amending a vessel speed limit rule designed to ...

The tide has turned on the conservation success story of the southern right whale. Once considered a global conservation ...

Researchers track North Atlantic right whale births every year. Why is this calving season getting extra attention?

Southern right whales are having fewer calves as sea ice shrinks. Scientists say this species may now be a warning sign of climate change.

New research on the birth rates of southern right whales – once touted as a global conservation success story – has revealed ...

A North Atlantic Right Whale, previously found entangled in a rope off of south Georgia, has been discovered dead off the ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) announced its plans to auction low-number Right Whale and Roseate Tern license plates in support of marine conservation efforts. The auction ...

The U.S.'s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing ...

A Florida resident fined for violating a right whale protection speed limit is challenging the rule in court. Conservation groups sought to intervene, citing concerns about the Trump administration's ...

One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, according to scientists who study them.The North ...

ORLANDO, Fla.— Conservation groups today filed a friend of the court brief expressing support for a federal vessel speed limit rule to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and ...

Since around 2015, female southern right whales have not given birth as often. These extended calving intervals mean fewer ...