The Maine State Museum is preparing to reopen with a centerpiece whale skeleton exhibit, marking a major step in its ...

Wildlife authorities freed a entangled gray whale Wednesday after it was caught in a net off the Southern California coast. The Marine Mammal Care Center (MMCC) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

“In an extremely unusual sighting, divers have captured footage of two North Atlantic right whales in The Bahamas, the first time the species has ever been seen in this country,” the New England ...

Researchers and conservationists remind the public to respect the whales’ space. It is illegal to approach a North Atlantic right whale within 500 yards without a federal research permit. Still, from ...

The New England Aquarium identified the pair as 16-year-old “Koala” and 14-year-old “Curlew.” And this, too, is unusual: two right whales rarely remain together for more than a few days, unless it's a ...