About ten years ago, I first came to know that Jimmy Carter used to send handwritten or typed letters to other world leaders by snail mail. He did not use emails for important communication ...

The proposed amendments would have required boats 35 feet and longer to slow to 10 knots in seasonal protected zones, expanded seasonal slow zones to account for known right whale habitat and made ...

For travelers who can't brave the tundra or climb a volcano, an often easier-to-spot phenomenon awaits: the majestic annual migrations of whales. With whale watching season kicking off in some of ...

“Warming waters in the northern Atlantic Ocean have led to shifts in right whale habitat use, making the animals more vulnerable to human activities in certain areas,” the aquarium sai ...

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the New England Aquarium said Thursday. An aerial survey team from the New ...

When we think of prehistoric predators, one of the most iconic creatures that comes to mind is the saber-toothed tiger, scientifically known as Smilodon ... which have served as a treasure trove for ...

The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales. By Simon J. Levien The Biden administration on Thursday withdrew a proposal to ...

When a copper mine started operating in Namibia’s //Huab Conservancy in 2021, blasting of rock and heavy machinery disturbed the area’s critically endangered southern black rhinos, and they moved out… ...

RICK Ross is innie Kaap. And during his visit to Cape Town, the rapper has shared that he saw a walvis. He posted to his followers on social media: “I just saw a whale and nobody believes me.” In a ...

Trained responders at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary undertook the life-saving detangling operations for the whales Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE.

staff at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary — a nationally recognized and protected whale habitat that also assists with scientific and conservation efforts — led a team of ...

These whales were extensively hunted for their valuable blubber and baleen plates in the past. This pushed them to the brink of extinction. Despite international efforts to protect them, they face ...