TWO recent publications summarise more or less thoroughly our present knowledge of the physical features of the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. One gives an account by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen of ...

An endangered male North Atlantic right whale nicknamed "Dropcloth" (catalog #1271) has been seen entangled in fishing rope off the coast of Canada in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in July. Dropcloth ...

New England, in the crosshairs of Hurricane Lee, is usually protected from the worst of a hurricane’s wrath by the cold waters of the North Atlantic, and that’s expected to help reduce Lee to ...

The first potential mother of the 2024-2025 North Atlantic right whale calving season has been sighted off the coast of North Carolina. During an aerial survey on November 20, observers from the ...

Tracking North Atlantic right whales is a team effort spanning the entire U.S. Atlantic coast from Canada to Florida. Researchers from numerous government agencies patrol the coastline in boats ...

An endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted entangled in fishing gear off the North Carolina coast on Dec. 16. Becoming entangled in fishing gear is one of the two leading causes of death ...

STANDING BY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE. TONIGHT, 35 ENDANGERED NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES FEEDING OFF THE COAST OF SANDWICH. FROM ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL. ONE OF THEM BREACHES THE SURFACE.

An “exceptionally” rare whale was spotted swimming off the coast of Co Donegal, the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) has reported. The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s ...