A juvenile gray whale that amazed Washington state residents after it swam 20 miles up a small river was found dead, and an official with a ma…
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One of the world’s rarest whales lives in only one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand oil and gas drill…
This photo provided by NOAA Fisheries shows a Rice’s whale at the surface in the Gulf of Mexico. (NOAA Fisheries (Permit #779-1633) via AP)
In this 2024 image provided by NOAA Fisheries, a Rice's whale is visible from onboard the NOAA Twin Otter aircraft off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. (Paul Nagelkirk/NOAA Fisheries (Permit #21938) via AP)
UPDATE: A postmortem necropsy performed by MERR determined the whale had bleeding under its skin - subdermal hemorrhaging - and a broken jaw on the right side, often associated with a large ship strike.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says the state is experiencing higher-than-average numbers of marine animal strandings compared to previous years.
A dead humpback whale found in the Indian River Bay last week has finally been washed back out to sea.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has reported a dead whale in Delaware waters.
The Biden Administration has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have required more ships to slow down off the Atlantic coast and expanded sl…
Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking neighbors and visitors to keep an eye out for marine mammals and sea turtles while enjoying coastal and tidal waterways through the rest of the summer.