A 1-year-old North Atlantic right whale was spotted off Massachusetts with fishing gear wrapped around its tail.

Observers on a plane spotted 33 North Atlantic right whales on Saturday, the most ever for a single day in January.

Researchers track North Atlantic right whale births every year. Why is this calving season getting extra attention?

When a right whale appeared trailing fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay Jan. 17, rescuers mobilized – underscoring challenges the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BARNSTABLE, Mass. (WPRI) — Researchers with the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) documented something they don’t normally see in ...

Rescuers were able to remove a portion of the fishing gear that entangled a North Atlantic right whale in Cape Cod Bay over ...

A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted in Cape Cod Bay over the weekend with fishing gear wrapped ...

The young humpback known as “Oil Change,” seen off Cape Cod in the summer, was found fatally injured near Atlantic resort towns after a suspected ship strike.

A routine January flight over Cape Cod Bay turned up numbers – and whales – local researchers rarely see. One day, one survey ...

In a rare and unexpected discovery, researchers from Provincetown on April 17 were the first to spot a previously unknown North Atlantic right whale calf in Cape Cod Bay, bringing the total count of ...