Whale sharks use both natural and artificial underwater features, such as seamounts and oil platforms, as stepping stones in ...

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

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

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

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

Giant ships that transport everything from coffee cups to clothes across the ocean are often so large they can’t tell when ...

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

Trained responders from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary saved two whales from life-threatening ...

Conservation groups are concerned that the endangered right whale is vulnerable to extinction as the Trump administration ...

Vessel strikes and entanglements — not wind farms — are largely to blame for whale deaths along the East Coast.

The ocean giants are the largest fish in the world, but their everyday lives and behaviors in the wild are elusive and ...

A project to prevent ecosystem collapse and climate change by spreading artificial fertilizer made from whale waste and increasing the amount of carbon dioxide stored in the ocean is being carried ...