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.

The ocean welcomes four precious right whale calves! Learn about their mothers, calving challenges, and efforts to protect ...

Fewer vessels will be required to reduce their speed, which is likely to contribute to the extinction of the North Atlantic right whale, a species that is vulnerable to extinction and classified ...

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 lawsuit was filed against a New Jersey offshore wind project with allegations that it will cause great harm to the North Atlantic right whale population.

The new vessel speed rules proposed by the National ... The right whale is among six out of the 13 great whale species that are classified as endangered or vulnerable. They numbered more than ...

set to be built just 9 miles off the New Jersey coast, is in violation of at least six environmental statutes: the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal ...