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.

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

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

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

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 ...

A study commissioned by the affluent Massachusetts island says loss of high-speed ferry service would result in a 10 percent drop in economic activity. A NOAA whale-strike reduction rule awaiting ...

Like one of the whales spotted off Nantucket, the whale spotted off North Carolina has suffered a serious injury and is likely to die as a result of the entanglement, NOAA said. “Entanglement ...

Two North Atlantic right whales, a critically endangered species with about 370 individuals, have been spotted entangled in fishing gear southeast of Nantucket, raising alarm among scientists and ...