There are scores of people — a mix of academics, volunteers and retirees — eager to excavate the past, to turn over just the right rock that ... fully intact baleen whale skeleton.

NANTUCKET, Mass. – An entangled 19-year-old right whale appears to be in poor health because of a fishing buoy lodged in one corner of her mouth. Known as “Dragon,” the female whale was ...

A North Atlantic right whale found dead off the coast of Virginia ... being spotted with severe propeller wounds to its head, mouth, and lip. “The delay of these protection measures has put ...

A rare whale has been spotted close to the shoreline of Boston, directly by the entrance to the harbor. The North Atlantic right whale — an endangered species with just about 370 whales left in ...

The feature is poised to become a pivotal tool in efforts to reduce vessel strikes on the endangered North Atlantic right whale—a species once at the center of a heated debate over proposed speed ...

By Friday, the NOAA researchers tracked the whale in waters less than 2,000 miles from Castle Island in South Boston. It was right by the entrance to the Boston Harbor, according to WhaleMap.org ...

Calvin, a North Atlantic right whale, was spotted in a pod of over 60 whales on April 23 during an aerial survey about 55 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, according to a May 1 news release from ...

In the waters off New England, one of Earth's rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton—called Calanus finmarchicus ...

A lot of best-sellers become hit movies, but which classic novels have made the greatest movies? A few years later, German ...

Right now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has active UMEs for the Atlantic Florida manatee, the Atlantic humpback whale, the Atlantic minke whale and the North Atlantic ...

A whale watching group spotted a North Pacific right whale, one of the most endangered large whale populations in the world, with just 30-35 individuals left. “That’s another opportunity for ...