North Atlantic Right Whale

The goal of Michael Moore’s years-long research is to evaluate whether North Atlantic right whales are growing in healthy ways. The whales are nearing the end of a three-month period during which nearly half the population of approximately 360 can be spotted in Cape Cod Bay.

On Wednesday, a team from Provincetown’s Center for Coastal Studies managed to remove 300 feet of what appears to be fishing rope from the 16-year-old female known as Snow Cone, but experts fear more may be embedded in her jaw.

The first North Atlantic right whale calf to arrive in Cape Cod Bay this season has been spotted — a month earlier than expected.

Fishermen and conservationists are expressing safety concerns and doubts about the effectiveness of proposed regulations to protect North Atlantic right…

Federal officials want feedback on proposed regulations to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from entanglement in fishing gear.…

The lobster industry could be getting a new sound. On a cold January morning, a lobster trap sitting on a table at a manufacturing facility in Wareham is…

Rob Martin has been fishing from the Sandwich Marina for 29 years off his boat, Resolve.“It's only 40 feet. It was big when I first got it and now it…

The state’s Marine Fisheries Commission approved the latest suite of protections for North Atlantic right whales on Thursday, including a three-and-a-half…

Federal officials have released a report criticizing their own efforts to reduce the number of deaths among critically endangered North Atlantic right…

Another North Atlantic right whale calf has been spotted off the coast of South Carolina — the fourth one born this season, according to scientists from…