If you haven’t picked a Halloween costume yet, I have a suggestion: Dress up as a Rice’s whale. You maaaaaay need a few ...

While the agency touts development of technology to help ships avoid whale strikes, environmentalists are calling for vessel speed restrictions. NOAA says shipboard whale alert technology will be ...

Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been observing two endangered Rice's whales spotted 55 miles off the coast of Corpus Christi. Officials noted there are likely ...

GREENBELT, Md.— Four conservation groups filed suit today in U.S. District Court to challenge a government plan that fails to properly protect rare species, including Rice’s whales and Kemp’s ridley ...

Earthjustice has filed suit on behalf of four groups alleging the National Marine Fisheries Service has failed to provide proper protections from offshore drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico The ...

The U.S. government is facing a backlash after it concluded that the oil and gas industry off the Gulf Coast is likely threatening the survival of the endangered Rice’s whale. “The operation of oil ...

NOAA Fisheries has determined that oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico could drive Rice’s whale to extinction, unless regulators take new precautionary measures. The agency released its ...

"The Marine Mammal Protection Act is important because it's one of our bedrock laws that help us to base conservation measures on the best available science," said Kathleen Collins, senior marine ...