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

The sighting comes just one week after two North Atlantic right whales were seen entangled in fishing gear southeast of ...

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

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

Mr. Richards is a staff editor for Times Opinion. He reported from Nantucket and Cape Cod Bay, Mass. The North Atlantic right whale is highly endangered, its survival as a species in doubt.

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 ...

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