A new Slow Zone for right whales is in effect east of Ocean City through January 18. Mariners are requested to travel at 10 knots or less in the designated area to protect the whales. North Atlantic ...

North Atlantic right whales were detected east of Ocean City, Maryland, in December 2025. Several Slow Zones are in effect along the East Coast, including areas near Maryland, Virginia, and North ...

Whales eat a lot of food. In recent years, experts have estimated that the world’s biggest whales eat between 10 and 20 tons of food a day: the caloric equivalent of 70 to 80 thousand “Big Macs.” ...

Researchers have identified ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first time after years of searching, and in doing so solved the mystery of an odd echolocation pulse in the North Pacific.

Nov. 19 (UPI) --A group of amateur whale watchers off the coast of Washington's Camano Island captured video when a seal jumped onto their boat to escape a pod of killer whales. Photographer Charvet ...

The wildlife photographer was on a whale-watching trip off Camano Island in Washington when she spotted the animals "The orcas, after 15-20 minutes, decided the seal wasn’t worth the trouble," Drucker ...

SEATTLE — A wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering onto ...

According to the Associated Press, Congressional Republicans believe they have the momentum to repeal parts of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, passed in 1972 to help protect whales, seals, polar ...

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction.

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Trump ...

Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.'s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Conservative leaders feel they now ...