Over a quarter of the entire North Atlantic right whale population has been spotted in Southern New England waters in recent ...

A broken tooth lodged deep in bone can outlast the animal that lost it. In two whale skulls from Belgium, those fragments have done exactly that, preserving a moment of violence from roughly five ...

Endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, earlier this week, prompting an ...

Since 2008, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has imposed speed restrictions on ships 65 feet and ...

Researchers spotted the season's first North Atlantic right whale​ mothers and calves in Cape Cod Bay.

As more than 20 North Atlantic right whale mother and calf pairs prepare to migrate up the U.S. Atlantic Coast, the Trump administration is considering rolling back protections for the critically ...

Newborn right whale calves have arrived with their moms in Cape Cod Bay, kicking off one of the migration’s most anticipated moments.

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries announced proposed rulemaking requesting regarding endangered North Atlantic right whales.

The ocean waters off southern New England continue to see high North Atlantic right whale activity, with the New England ...

Scientists found shark teeth inside fossil whale skulls, revealing how sharks fed on whales millions of years ago.

A new study analyzing two fossilized whale skulls from around 5 million years ago has revealed fragments of sharks' teeth lodged inside them. This provides rare evidence of how sharks fed on whales in ...

Learn how whale fossils and embedded shark teeth reveal feeding behavior and scavenging in the Early Pliocene North Sea ecosystem.