The endangered whales are North Atlantic right whales, which number fewer than 400 and are vulnerable to ship collisions and ...
A study commissioned by the affluent Massachusetts island says loss of high-speed ferry service would result in a 10 percent ...
The sighting comes just one week after two North Atlantic right whales were seen entangled in fishing gear southeast of ...
What would be the cost of trying to save whales from ship strikes? Nearly $300 million and 1,500 jobs for the island of ...
Mr. Richards is a staff editor for Times Opinion. He reported from Nantucket and Cape Cod Bay, Mass. The North Atlantic right whale is highly endangered, its survival as a species in doubt.
Nantucket leaders' fear about the economic effect of proposed vessel speed limits are backed by a new study. Limits are ...
Researchers also believe the entangled male whale near Nantucket could die from his injuries and worry that the female whale's repeated experience with entanglement could harm her ability to ...
A third endangered North Atlantic right whale was found tangled in fishing gear off the East Coast last Monday, just days after two others had been recovered in critical condition near Nantucket.
One of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales is expected to die after becoming entangled in fishing gear near Nantucket along with a second whale, the National Oceanic and ...