The federal government is withdrawing a proposal that would require more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale, officials said Wednesday. The move in ...

Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years, according to our new research published in the journal Science Advances. Some of these whales ...

Whale J35 (known as Tahlequah) seen supporting the dead calf in 2018 A killer whale, which captured the world's attention in 2018 when it was spotted pushing the dead body of its newborn calf for ...

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the New England Aquarium said Thursday. An aerial survey team from the New ...

WATERFRONT RIGHT NOW. JOHN. AND, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY SAD IMAGES OF DEAD WHALES WASHING ASHORE HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.

He reported from Nantucket and Cape Cod Bay, Mass. The North Atlantic right whale is highly endangered, its survival as a species in doubt. There are only about 370 of these dark, bulbous baleen ...

But now, a new visitor might offer a simple explanation. In late November, a humpback whale was seen swimming in the estuary for the first time, surprising experts. “There have been reports of ...

The bereaved whale mother who made headlines when she heartbreakingly grieved her dead baby for more than two weeks has given birth to a new calf, scientists said. The mama orca, named J35 by ...

Marine life researchers hope samples taken from a young humpback whale whose body washed ashore at Rexhame Beach in Marshfield on Thursday will offer more information into her cause of death.

A small whale washed ashore on Rexhame Beach in Marshfield on Thursday morning. The latest story:What killed the whale that washed up on a Marshfield beach this week? What an expert says It is ...

Upward of 20,000 gray whales are expected to swim past Oregon’s shores over the next several weeks as part of their annual migration south to the warm calving lagoons near Baja, Mexico.

A young humpback whale washed ashore in Long Beach on Monday morning — with authorities now working to determine why it died, according to police. “Early this morning, a juvenile humpback ...