WALDOBORO, Maine (AP) — Maine fishery regulators are planning a second round of meetings with lobstermen in the state to prepare for potential new restrictions designed to protect endangered...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Scientists have installed an underwater sound system they hope will reduce collisions between whales and ships in the Santa Barbara Channel off Southern...

WALDPORT, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials say a juvenile humpback whale was euthanized after washing ashore southwest of Portland near Waldport.

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Representatives of the federal government are in Maine this week to gather feedback about the possibility of new protections for endangered whales.

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A wildlife monitoring group is seeking citizen scientists to help track beluga whales off the Alaska coast, officials said.

REDINGTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities and beachgoers came together to protect and transport five pilot whales trapped in shallow water along Florida's western shore.

MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) — Scientists will look into what killed a humpback whale found floating off the southeastern eastern tip of Long Island.

The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society says the...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Examinations of the carcasses of three pilot whales yielded no immediate answers to why they swam ashore and died on a popular beach in Georgia, state wildlife officials said...

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials have proposed new regulations to avoid entangling whales in commercial fishing gear used by the state's Dungeness crab industry.

TRURO, Mass. (AP) — Experts are planning a necropsy on a minke whale carcass that washed ashore on Cape Cod over the weekend.

The Cape Cod Times reports that the 23-foot long whale was found...

RANDOLPH, Vt. (AP) — A new pair of whales' tails is back on a Randolph hillside where an earlier set spent a decade before being moved up Vermont's Interstate 89 to South Burlington.

The Canadian government says two more rare North Atlantic right whales have been found dead in the country's waters, worsening a disastrous year for the marine mammals.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Tourists and a pilot on a helicopter sightseeing tour of Iceland have found dozens of dead whales on a remote beach in Iceland.

BOSTON (AP) — A patrol boat has helped escort a humpback whale swimming through the Cape Cod Canal.

The Wareham Department of Natural Resources says it's "highly unusual" for a humpback...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A summer afternoon at the beach quickly became a scramble to save a pod of disoriented pilot whales, as vacationers on a popular Georgia island joined lifeguards and state...

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on efforts to keep a group of pilot whales from beaching themselves in Georgia (all times local):

CHICAGO (AP) — Officials with Chicago's Shedd Aquarium say a Beluga whale calf born less than two weeks ago is male.

The aquarium's animal care team confirmed the calf's sex during a recent...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A directive for new protections for endangered right whales represents an "absurd federal overreach" that places an unfair burden on Maine's signature lobster fishery, Gov....

The Canadian government is announcing new protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales following a string of deaths and entanglements involving the marine mammals.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A nonprofit that works with marine mammals says a 40-foot (12-meter) gray whale was found dead near Olympia.

The Olympian reports after the adult male whale was found...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say a plan to put nearly 100 illegally captured whales back in open water has been successful so far, but environmentalists claim it was poorly planned.

CHICAGO (AP) — A Beluga whale has given birth to a calf at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.

The 38-year-old beluga, Mauyak (MY-yak), delivered Wednesday evening. Shedd officials say the mother and...

TOKYO (AP) — Chunks of meat from the first whales caught since Japan resumed commercial whaling this week fetched "celebration prices" at auction Thursday.

A half-dozen North Atlantic right whales have died in the past month, leading scientists, government officials and conservationists to call for a swift response to protect the endangered...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese whalers returned to port Monday with their first catch after resuming commercial whaling for the first time in 31 years, achieving the long-cherished goal of traditionalists...

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — Changes to the Maine lobster fishery designed to help a critically endangered species of whale might arrive in 2021 after a lengthy rulemaking process.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Two more dead gray whales have been reported in Alaska, bringing the total to 12 this year.

The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports a juvenile gray whale last week was spotted...

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — The last of seven meetings between fishery regulators and Maine lobstermen about protecting endangered whales is scheduled to take place along the state's coast.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — So many gray whales are dying off the U.S. West Coast that scientists and volunteers dealing with the putrid carcasses have an urgent request for coastal residents: Lend us...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three more gray whales have died in Alaska, bringing the total to 10 for 2019.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the latest dead animals were...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials have launched an operation to release nearly 100 illegally captured whales whose confinement in Russia's far east has become a rallying cry for...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — It's not America's Top 40, but it's a cutting edge song.

Federal marine biologists for the first time have recorded singing by one of the rarest whales on the...

SEASIDE, Ore. (AP) — Officials with Seaside Aquarium say a female gray whale was found Friday stranded south of Sunset Beach.

Biologists at the aquarium performed a necropsy on the 23-foot...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A humpback whale that has become an unusual presence in San Francisco Bay may be ill.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday that the humpback has remained in the...

PORT HADLOCK, Wash. (AP) — At least one Washington state waterfront landowner has said yes to a request to allow dead gray whales to decompose on their property.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Two dead gray whales have been found in Alaska, raising the whale death toll in the state so far this year to seven, officials said.

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. scientists said Friday they will investigate why an unusual number of gray whales are washing up dead on West Coast beaches.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A fifth gray whale has been found dead along Alaska's coast.

Julie Speegle of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the latest whale was reported...

FORT WALTON, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say an injured pygmy sperm whale has been euthanized on a Florida beach.

The Northwest Florida Daily News reports that the whale was spotted...

TRENTON, Maine (AP) — Maine fishery regulators are meeting with lobster fishermen along the coast to begin the process of crafting rules to better protect endangered whales.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Marine mammal officials say a fourth gray whale has been found dead along Alaska's shore.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a young gray whale...

SEATTLE (AP) — A ferry hit a humpback whale near Seattle and the Coast Guard initially searched for the animal after passengers reported it was injured and bleeding.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Whale researchers in New England believe they've found a new way to measure the amount of stress felt by whales when they experience traumas such as entanglements in fishing...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities say a dead gray whale has washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing the total to 13 dead whales found in the area since March.

BOSTON (AP) — The developer of a wind farm off Massachusetts is taking steps to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

Vineyard Wind announced Tuesday it's seeking proposals for...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A second gray whale has been found dead along Alaska's coast.

Marine mammal biologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sunday performed a...

BOSTON (AP) — A prominent marine mammal scientist is speaking at the New England Aquarium to explain why saving the endangered North Atlantic right whale is important for the health of the...