NOAA Fisheries has released preliminary data showing that, off the US West Coast in 2024, fishing gear has entangled more whales than in any other year since 2018.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced this week that two North Atlantic right whales were seen entangled in fishing gear 50 miles southeast off Nantucket, Massachusetts.
After five months in a Greenland prison, the Danish government has refused a request from the Japanese government to extradite ocean activist and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Founder Paul Watson and released him from jail.
Scientists from Huazhong University of Science and Technology have created a new wet adhesive that performs exceptionally well in saltwater environments.
Scientists at the New England Aquarium this week unveiled a new slate of named North Atlantic right whales, an annual tradition that helps researchers in the field identify the critically endangered animals in real time.