Lines wrapped around a humpback whale in waters in Kahana off West Maui were cut as part of a whale rescue on Jan. 9. Another whale rescue took place on Jan. 8 off Lahaina. Courtesy photo Two ...

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 ...

The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales. By Simon J. Levien The Biden administration on Thursday withdrew a proposal to ...

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 ...

The town asks the public to not touch or disturb the whale. Cancellations, closings and delays in Hampton Roads and on Outer Banks due to winter storm 3-6 inches of snow predicted for Hampton ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Whales are not only the biggest animals on the planet, but they’re among the longest-lived, too. A new analysis reveals that right whales can live for more than 130 years, almost twice as long ...

KITTY HAWK, N.C. — Experts who conducted a necropsy on a juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore Friday in Kitty Hawk said there were some unusual findings, but full results could take a ...

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 ...