environment

Federal regulators have been electronically tracking commercial lobster boats for a couple of years. It's a practice that was recently upheld by a federal appeals court.

How do you give a whale a health checkup? Scientists have been collecting respiratory droplets from North Atlantic right whales, using petri-dish-carrying drones flying above their blowholes.

Officials have determined that a deceased sperm whale that washed up on the north shore of Nantucket on Sunday is too big to move for a necropsy.

This week Massachusetts rolled out a statewide strategy to help coastal communities protect residents, strengthen local infrastructure, and safeguard natural resources.

Ken Buesseler is a Senior Scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and next week he’ll be in Belém, Brazil at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference.

The tenth annual Great Beach Cleanup, along the National Seashore, is in the books. But it wasn’t without its challenges.

A Cape spring herring run count showed below-average returns. Drought conditions are tough on river herring that require sufficient river flows to return to the ocean.

There are around 380 North Atlantic right whales in existence. Scientists identify them by catalog numbers but some also have names. This week, 18 whales were named.

The Coonamessett River Restoration project has been in the works since 2009. Now, it's finally finished.

Reporter Amy Kolb Noyes speaks with Senior Scientist John Durban about how drone technology is being used to monitor endangered whales.