Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely ...

There are several distinct traits that make mammals different from other animals, with the most significant ones being that ...

Zoologists have added another entry into the list of life forms threatened with extinction International Association of Zoological Sciences (IAZS) has added another entrant to its already long list of ...

A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

Court Restores Protections for Endangered Whale Species to Prevent Entanglement in Fishing Gear PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations durin ...

The winter fishing ban is important to the whales' survival because it takes place during months in which the giant animals are present in large numbers off the New England coast, said a group of ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a setback when a federal appeals court reinstated ...