US looks to roll back shipping rules designed to protect vanishing right whale
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S.’s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed…
Photographer Sees Whale Dragging 200-Foot Rope And Realizes Something Is Very Wrong
Last month, a wildlife photographer named John Kowitz went on a boat ride off the coast of Kona,…
Fears grow for two orcas left to rot in abandoned zoo as they could be crushed
Two lonely whales are in need of ‘urgent’ attention experts warn the pair, who were left deserted at…
Scientists Hail Record Number of Sightings in January as Auspicious for Endangered Right Whales
– credit, CCS / Photo taken under NOAA permit 25740-02 As the Critically-Endangered North Atlantic right whale continues…
A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk
After nearly two decades, the baby whale came back—as a mother, with a baby of its own. Julie…
Rowing Team’s Breathtaking Face-to-Face with Whale Caught on Film While Crossing Atlantic (WATCH)
SWNS / Get Busy Rowing team Incredible footage shows a team of rowers coming face to face with…
Abandoned zoo closed down leaving two living orca whales to rot to death
Wikie and her son Keijo are the last killer whales living in France and have been left in…
Dead whale found on bow of ship in New Jersey sparks investigation
GLOUCESTER CITY, N.J. — After a dead whale was found on the bow of a container ship docked…
Rare whale species sees more babies, yet extinction fears persist
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than…
‘Did That Just Happened to Us?’
A Bryde’s whale Brydes whale surprises divers – by Emily Marzilli via SWNS A free-diving instructor had a…
Companies offer $279 million for Gulf of Mexico drilling rights in first of 30 planned oil sales
WASHINGTON — Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in…
Drones gather critical health info above a right whale’s blowhole
Why is a drone collecting this whale’s ‘spit?’ Researchers used a drone with a petri dish attached to…