"These whales are not statistics." Officials raise grave concerns after spotting another whale in distress off US coast: ...

Although gray whales have been extinct from the Atlantic for over 200 years, one was spotted off the Nantucket coast last week.

Scientists with the New England Aquarium had been flying 30 miles south of Nantucket in Massachusetts when they came upon what they described as an “unusual” looking whale, according to a ...

Endangered North Atlantic right whales are approaching extinction. An unusual mortality event was declared for North Atlantic ...

Last month, the Martha’s Vineyard buoy operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution re-detected the presence of right ...

In December, the right whale Chiminea (No. 4040) was seen gear-free near Nantucket. (This story has been updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) Dinah Voyles Pulver ...

Aerial observers from the Center for Coastal Studies on Wednesday observed a North Atlantic right whale mother with her calf ...

Whales can also be tracked via the Whale Alert ... southeast of New York; southwest of Nantucket, Massachusetts; east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Mariners are requested to avoid or transit ...

Nantucket, and other coastal communities. Whale conservationists lamented the move as a major loss, saying the proposal was a “much-needed” effort to protect critically endangered North ...

Recent travelers highly recommend planning your visit to coincide with the Whale Hunt presentation, which details how Nantucket came to be known as the "whaling capital of the world. Also popular ...

Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket president Pam Murphy is worried about the Trump administration’s apparent desire to weaken ...

A pair of adult female right whales are still roaming around off Florida's west coast while calving off the Atlantic Coast continues.