From December through March every year, the waters off Georgia’s coast provide calving grounds for the estimated 70 remaining ...

In Antarctica, a scientist waits patiently for two frolicking humpback whales to poke their ... that allow researchers to identify individuals of the species. Andrea Bonilla, a Colombian scientist ...

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has awarded Saint Mary’s University a contract to update the DNA database of one of the most critically endangered species in Canadian waters.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has abandoned plans to expand a vessel speed rule aimed at ...

Whales are gathering in large numbers off New Jersey in a portion of the Atlantic Ocean called the New York Bight, according to several sources.

Fewer vessels will be required to reduce their speed, which is likely to contribute to the extinction of the North Atlantic right whale, a species that is vulnerable to extinction and classified ...