A spectacular and rare sighting was captured on video off the Southwest Florida coast: An endangered right whale and her calf swimming in the Gulf.

The lobstermen went against fishing protocol by dropping their northeast endlines to reduce the number of ropes in the water.

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

Meet the researchers using the tiny crustaceans to monitor endangered whales and climate change in the Gulf of Maine.

Scientists have spotted 21 North Atlantic right whale calves off of the Southeastern coast this season. This is the most since 2011.

North Atlantic right whale calves have been documented so far this season, a first in 15 years for the endangered species.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — 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 ...

The new DFO strategy sets milestones for "ropeless" gear adoption by fisheries, but experts warn a lack of funding and ...

Slalom, a 44-year-old North Atlantic right whale, has given birth to her seventh calf, marking the 21st calf of the season.

A young North Atlantic right whale that state wildlife officials helped partially disentangle from fishing gear in December, has died, having to succumbed to severe injuries from those lines, ...

International shipping company CMA CGM has stepped up its support for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in more ways ...

A North Atlantic right whale was found dead off the coast of North Carolina, U.S.A., nearly two months after it was found ...