Estimated annual births for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale outnumbered deaths for the fourth year in a ...

The North Atlantic right whale population rose slightly in 2024, but while marine scientists are encouraged, they say strong protective measures are still needed.

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

Programs that tracked the beloved marine mammals near offshore wind sites are now like "a body without a pulse." ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the ...

With 95,000 miles of coastline, the U.S. boasts amazing whale-watching destinations, with opportunities to see orcas, ...

A seagull flies by a Southern Right Whale calf in the El Doradillo protected area, near Puerto Madryn, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) A seagull flies by a Southern ...

Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the longest-standing pieces of environmental legislation in the U.S., credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Conservative leaders feel they ...

PENÍNSULA VALDÉS, Argentina (AP) — After coming back from the brink of extinction, Southern right whales are swimming in greater numbers off the coast of Argentina’s Patagonia this year, delighting ...