This upscale beach town on California’s central coast is full of famous residents—but it's also one of the world’s best places for wildlife watching. Whale-watching excursions take place ...

Endangered species are animals that are at risk of disappearing forever, typically animals with dangerously low population ...

Another baby has been born to the Northwest’s endangered orca population. A Center for Whale Research crew spotted the baby, still ruddy from the womb, from a boat near Victoria, British ...

Mr. Richards is a staff editor for Times Opinion. He reported from Nantucket and Cape Cod Bay, Mass. The North Atlantic right whale is highly endangered, its survival as a species in doubt.