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

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

If any of the whales become entangled in Maine gear, it could worsen regulations lobstermen say are already too strict.

The rule would have limited boats as small as 35 feet to 10 knots when North Atlantic right whales were migrating through ...

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

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

NOAA has proposed new speed restrictions for boats across the East Coast that Gov. Maura Healey hopes will be amended.

Koala and Curlew are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, which is unusual for ...

NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA, Fla. — The right whale "Grand Teton" was seen with a newborn calf off Amelia Island on Thursday.

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

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Biden administration gives up on lower ocean speed limits to ...