When a right whale appeared trailing fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay Jan. 17, rescuers mobilized – underscoring challenges the ...

A 1-year-old North Atlantic right whale was spotted off Massachusetts with fishing gear wrapped around its tail.

A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted in Cape Cod Bay over the weekend with fishing gear wrapped ...

CAPE COD BAY, Mass. -- A North Atlantic right whale and her calf were spotted in the Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts on March 27. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution posted the footage to YouTube ...

A young North Atlantic right whale, #5110, is entangled in fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay. Rescuers have partially disentangled the whale, but the remaining gear poses a serious threat. North Atlantic ...

The young humpback known as “Oil Change,” seen off Cape Cod in the summer, was found fatally injured near Atlantic resort towns after a suspected ship strike.

Watching a massive whale breach the surface of the ocean is a moment that stays with you forever, but you do not necessarily ...

Fin whales rarely lift their tails out of the water on any dive, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Getty Images/iStockphoto Whale watchers in Massachusetts were treated ...