As dozens of North Atlantic right whales continue to group near Jeffreys Ledge, officials have urged fishermen to remove some ...

The S.C. State Ports Authority, which opposed a now-withdrawn proposal to slow ship speeds to protect North Atlantic Right ...

Krill are also sought after by humans, who scoop them up using massive fishing boats, potentially putting whales in danger, scientists warn. The fishing boats and whales are “going after the ...

By Bobby Bascomb Nearly all of Antarctica’s iconic wildlife, from penguins to seals and whales, depend on krill, tiny ...

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales continue to group near Jeffreys Ledge, marine officials are urging lobster fishermen to remove nearby fishing gear and said they will not be enforcing state ...

Shortly before Trump’s inauguration, a federal agency withdrew a proposal to protect North Atlantic right whales from vessel ...

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Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the humpback whale population has recovered extensively over the past half a century.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited the impact ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Federal regulators are abandoning a proposal to expand ocean speed limits that were designed to protect North ...