The National Marine Fisheries Service will delay a final rule designating protections for the endangered Rice's whale in the oil and gas drilling region of the Gulf of Mexico by two years, according ...

Efforts to save the Northwest’s endangered orcas are not working on either side of the U.S.-Canada border, according to an ...

A lifeless whale was found Wednesday stranded just meters off a beach in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Experts from the ...

As such, they remain critically endangered, and while they don't face threats ... It seems like the Azores truly has it all.

That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico—and one of the most endangered whales in the world. Scientists estimate that about 50 are left.

Green Oceans and Three Tribes Petition NOAA to Revoke Offshore Wind Companies’ Authorizations That Harm 61% of the Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales While Building their Projects ...

A pod of orcas was spotted off the California coast. Getty Images/iStockphoto A pod of humpback whales encountered a group of killer whales during feeding time off the coast of California. On June ...

Killer whales are known for exceptional intelligence, displaying complex social structures and sophisticated communication. New research provides fresh evidence for this, documenting how these ...

This whale is not among the ones found dead on June 18. NOAA Fisheries photo Two whales found dead at a coastal park in northeast Florida are believed to be a mother and her calf, state officials say.

TOKYO - Japan plans to beef up its research whaling this year by catching sei whales, a senior Fisheries Agency official said yesterday, shrugging off criticism from environmental groups who say the ...