NOAA Fisheries has determined that rope removed from an endangered North Atlantic right whale found dead off Martha s Vineyard in January came from Maine fishing gear.
BAR HARBOR — The same day that four North Atlantic right whales were seen swimming in the Bay of Fundy, environmentalists filed a petition seeking emergency protection for the endangered
BOSTON — The number of mother-calf pairs of federally protected North Atlantic right whales is far below the number needed to sustain their population, scientists with the New England Aquarium’s