How do you give a whale a health checkup? Scientists have been collecting respiratory droplets from North Atlantic right ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal researchers studying critically endangered North Pacific right whales sometimes go years without finding their subjects. Last weekend, they got lucky. A research vessel in ...

The documentary on the challenges facing the iconic New England sea mammal was screened at Marblehead's Abbot Public Library.

Whales are the bees of the ocean. That’s a conclusion of new research showing that whales undertake the longest journeys to transport nutrients of any mammal or large animal on Earth, much like bees ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — It’s not America’s ...

SAN DIEGO — The population of gray whales migrating along the North American Pacific Coast has dropped to levels not seen since the 1970s, according to a new report released by the National Oceanic ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A highly endangered whale that spends summers off Russia has moved into water off British Columbia after crossing the Bering Sea and passing the Aleutian Islands. The ...

More than 75 North Atlantic right whales have been spotted in the shipping lanes south of Massachusetts, slowing vessels in the area, New England Aquarium said.The animals, which were likely feeding, ...

PROVINCETOWN - Endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the coast of Cape Cod over the last week. Why are there so many whales off of Cape Cod? The Center for Coastal Studies said ...