A local wilfdlife educator is giving thousands an unforgettable, hands-on marine biology lesson—inside a giant inflatable ...

Jessica Woodend has spent 20 years in wildlife education and animal care Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

Jessica Woodend owns "Within the Whale," a traveling exhibit that educates kids about marine wildlife. Leaked emails about ...

Maine Beer Co. installed the skeleton of a 50-foot finback whale in its Freeport tasting room. In keeping with federal Marine Mammal Protection Act rules, the brewery is providing an education program ...

"Within the Whale" owner Jessica Woodend teaches kids about marine wildlife inside of a giant, inflatable humpback whale, ...

A marine biologist believes a humpback whale shielded her from a 15-foot tiger shark in the South Pacific. Nan Hauser said she didn't understand the actions of the 25-ton whale that she met ...

A trucking company in Maine had one of its most unusual hauls ever this past Sunday. Smith Trucking and Excavation of Gorham, Maine hauled the 45-ton, 43-foot long carcass of a rare right whale about ...

Citing the need for more accurate data on how Maine’s lobster fishery might be affecting the North Atlantic right whale, U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine 2nd District, urged the House Natural Resources ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WABI) - Federal prosecutors say a Maine man has admitted to illegally selling the body parts of animals in violation of the oldest wildlife trafficking law in the United States.