The endangered whales visit Cape Cod Bay each year, where researchers count and track them, hoping the species returns from the brink of extinction.

North Atlantic right whales are greatly threatened by seismic exploration for oil and gas, which uses high-powered airguns that can reach more than 250 decibels and cause hearing loss in marine ...

North Atlantic right whales are greatly threatened by seismic exploration for oil and gas, which uses high-powered airguns that can reach more than 250 decibels and cause hearing loss in marine ...

Nauset, a 31-year-old North Atlantic right whale, was seen by aerial observers about 5 miles off Wellfleet with a calf.

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 ...

Ocean life thrives at thousands of shipwrecks off the Atlantic coast. One of the coolest places in the ocean was featured on ...

Latest estimates put the total population of North Atlantic right whales around 372 whales, making them one of the most endangered mammals on earth. Boaters and drone users are required to stay at ...

Originating from the North Pacific Ocean, the Ontocetus genus spread to the Atlantic during the Mio ... the adaptations and survival of marine mammals. The convergence of feeding adaptations ...

Photograph by David Doubilet The Sargasso Sea, part of the vast whirlpool known as the North Atlantic gyre ... single-celled organisms to the largest mammals. Excrement from these creatures ...

The playful North American river otter is equally at home in the water and on land. It makes its home in a burrow near the water's edge, and can thrive in river, lake, swamp, or estuary ecosystems.