NOAA aims to undo vessel-speed regulation that protects endangered North Atlantic right whales, instead looking at real-time ...

The federal government is considering changing the rules when it comes to protecting North Atlantic right whales, the kind of ...

The Trump administration is looking into rolling back an East Coast boat speed rule that whale advocates say would lead to more deadly ship strikes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

The North Atlantic right whale is one of our most endangered large whale species. They have been listed as endangered since ...

Conservation groups warn rolling back the rule could harm the endangered species.

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service has published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that requests information that could help modernize regulations designed to reduce the risk of ...

Speed restrictions on large boats that could strike and kill endangered North Atlantic right whales could be lifted under a ...

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration has announcedplans to roll back protections for North Atlantic right whales ...

Southern right whales have distinctive white and gray patches of thickened skin on their heads known as callosities. Because ...

The U.S. government has promised to take “deregulatory-focused action” in amending a vessel speed limit rule designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

The agency called for fresh ideas for reducing collisions between boats and whales. On the table: changing vessel speed limits set in 2008.

The Trump administration is looking to eliminate what scientists say is a key protection for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.