There are an estimated 356 North Atlantic right whales in existence, according to the latest numbers released Monday from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium. (Photo by Moira Brown/New England ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear, federal authorities said. The North Atlantic right ...

Experiments now underway could change lobster fishing — and help the endangered right whale. But the lobster industry has raised objections about the cost. For years, Maine lobstermen touted that ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

And what’s true of National Lobster Day and small, family, lobster fishers is true of the North Atlantic right whale (NARW) as well. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), an office in the ...

The trap shown on the left uses an acoustic signal to fill the yellow inflatable bag with CO2 and lift the equipment to the surface for retrieval. The wind is whipping the sides of the dock on this ...

This image provided by NOAA Fisheries shows scientists and researchers performing a necropsy on a North Atlantic right whale, which was found dead off Joseph Sylvia State Beach in January 2024, on Feb ...