There may be less than 400 North Atlantic right whales left in the world. Save Long Beach Island members hope this fact helps ...

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population worldwide, have gathered in an area off the coast of New England. A aerial ...

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...

A recent decision by the U.S. government to drop a proposed rule aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales ...

A new immersive art installation highlights the effects humans have on ocean ecosystems, and whales in particular.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has awarded Saint Mary’s University a contract to update the DNA database of one of ...

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the humpback whale population has recovered extensively over the past half a century.

Other new research this month looked at snow leopards, wolves, wildlife crossings, newly discovered species, and … scorpion ...

Although we humans certainly do like to think of ourselves as smart, we only just discovered a new species of whale. The Rice's whale.