Passengers on a boat captained by SeaTrek Charters of SWFL were in for a rare sight Wednesday off the Fort Myers coast. An endangered North Atlantic right whale surfaced near the vessel and the ...

Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve of a dark smooth back sliding beneath the surface, or for the fortunate, ...

April 24 marks North Atlantic right whale day in Massachusetts, a day to raise awareness of one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world that visits the Bay State's coast every spring. There ...

Aerial observers from the Center for Coastal Studies on Wednesday observed a North Atlantic right whale mother with her calf in Cape Cod Bay, approximately 5 miles west of Great Island, Wellfleet.

Large vessels must slow down off the Mid-Atlantic coast from November to April to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. The primary threats to the whales are collisions with ships and ...

The number of North Atlantic right whales has grown slightly, continuing a recent positive trend that has researchers "cautiously optimistic" about the critically endangered species. The whale ...

Right whale, Monarch, and her calf swim together. The estimated population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales grew by about 2% last year to 384 individuals, an increase of eight from ...

The number of North Atlantic right whales ticked up in 2024, according to researchers’ latest estimate of this critically endangered species. Scientists, while cautiously optimistic, said threats ...