Three conservation groups, the Conservation Law Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation, ...

After almost two years in limbo, a defamation lawsuit Maine lobstering groups filed against a California aquarium can move ...

A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

Momma Accordion and her not-yet-named newborn were pictured frolicking in the frigid waters of the Port of New York and New ...

If recent reports of a North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother spotted in a busy shipping lane between New Jersey and New York are any indication that more are to come, an artificial ...

Conservation groups are praising a recent decision to reinstate protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales in a ...

In his message, Kehiler warned lobstermen that any entanglements linked to Maine fishing gear could lead to further restrictions on commercial fishing operations to protect the whales. Most recently, ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a California nonprofit that maintains a list that advises consumers of how they can buy ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Commercial fishermen who hoped ... fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 380 and is in decline.

Court Restores Protections for Endangered Whale Species to Prevent Entanglement in Fishing Gear PORTLAND, Maine (AP ... threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than ...