After right whales were redetected east of Ocean City, Maryland, on Jan. 14, the right whale Slow Zone has been extended ...

As they begin their yearly migration back to New England waters, I'm hoping for safe passage and fewer ropes and ships in ...

From skiing to stargazing, ice fishing to wildlife tracking, land trusts are helping Mainers make the most of the cold months ...

Coon, who also is one of the family owners of the seven-boat Trilogy fleet, said the whales are an essential annual boost to ...

The past week brought word and warnings that ICE agents would conduct mass operations in Maine cities, but much information ...

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

Beals is a visually stunning place, an archipelago ripe with the kind of Instagram-ready seaside and working waterfront ...

When oyster farmer Luke Saindon went looking for a place to grow shellfish in Maine, he knew that picking the wrong patch of ...

North Atlantic right whales spotted south of Massachusetts, NOAA implements slow zone: ‘Leaves us hopeful for more whales ...

Amy Warren, a scientific program officer and whale expert with the New England Aquarium, says those are sturdy birth numbers ...

North Atlantic right whales are large, docile creatures that were hunted to the brink of extinction. More recently, ship ...

One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...