The Jan. 30 online auction is the first of several this year. Here are the plates available and their starting prices.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has awarded Saint Mary’s University a contract to update the DNA database of one of ...

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right ...

A group of scientists saw over 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered in the Gulf of Maine. Here's what we know.

The proposed changes, which they argued could hurt the fishing and boating industries and other related businesses.

Surveyors at the New England Aquarium spotted at least 50 — and possibly more than 60 — whales grouped in a small area east of Portsmouth, N.H.

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population ...

A recent decision by the U.S. government to drop a proposed rule aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales ...

Southern right whales can live to be more than 130 years old — which is decades longer than previously thought, according to ...

The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research ...

In his message, Kehiler warned lobstermen that any entanglements linked to Maine fishing gear could lead to further ...