"It would be crippling to Nantucket economically and probably pretty much any other way you can think of. They would probably ...

The Nantucket police chief noted that the elimination of fast ferry service would hurt ... The final rule to modify North ...

The sighting comes just one week after two North Atlantic right whales ― a young male and an adolescent female ― were seen ...

The endangered whales are North Atlantic right whales, which number fewer than 400 and are vulnerable to ship collisions and ...

One of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales is expected to die after becoming entangled in fishing gear near ...

The current population of the North Atlantic right whale stands at less than 400 as the species has grown increasingly ...

A survey team said a thick rope was located over one whale’s head and back, which could cause its eventual death.

A study commissioned by the affluent Massachusetts island says loss of high-speed ferry service would result in a 10 percent ...

Disentangling the whales south of Nantucket depends on locating them and conditions at sea. Cape rescuers were not ...

The whales were seen by a NOAA Fisheries aerial team on Dec. 9 about 50 miles southeast of Nantucket, NOAA said in a social ...

Two North Atlantic right whales were seen entangled in fishing gear and one has injuries so severe, a federal agency thinks ...

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 ...