Koala and Curlew are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, which is unusual for ...

NOAA has proposed new speed restrictions for boats across the East Coast that Gov. Maura Healey hopes will be amended.

Tomorrow, Jan. 16, NOAA Fisheries is expected to officially withdraw its proposed North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike ...

The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to ...

A new study indicates that right whales have extremely long lifespans of 130 years or more, adding to growing evidence of extreme whale longevity. The research draws attention to the plight of ...

Some whales may live to 150. This lifespan is almost double the 70-80 years they are conventionally believed to live.

Boaters and residents of the Treasure Coast should be on the lookout for an endangered species navigating our coastline.

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

It is the first commercial-scale offshore wind energy project in the U.S. But is Vineyard Wind, under construction off the ...

The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale species that inhabits waters off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. During the summer, these whales migrate north to ...

Democrat Maura Healey says slowing vessels to 10 knots near Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard would create chaos without providing effective whale protection.