A North Atlantic federal whale protection program was ruled legal by a federal appeals court Thursday after a lower court ...

Two more North Atlantic right whale calves have been sighted off the coast of the southeastern U.S., bringing the total number of calves so far this calving sea ...

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

There may be less than 400 North Atlantic right whales left in the world. Save Long Beach Island members hope this fact helps ...

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

Every year, North Atlantic Right Whale moms swim down the East Coast to give birth off ... Fisheries’ decision as ...

"In order to survive, the North Atlantic right whale must migrate annually up and down the East Coast from its feeding grounds to its calving grounds," the group said in a statement.

The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale. Environmentalists say the move ...

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

according to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society. The body of the whale — which had been designated NYC0393 by researchers — was already in a state of decomposition when it was discovered ...