This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. When North Atlantic right whales migrate along North America’s eastern seaboard, they run a gantlet of fishing lines ...

fishing wire wrapped around its head and back; it is expected to die from its injuries. “North Atlantic right whales continue to be entangled at levels that could push this critically endangered ...

The biggest threats to the species are boat strikes and fishing gear entanglement. It is illegal to get within 500 yards of a North Atlantic right whale without a research permit. The whales often ...

There are approximately 340 North Atlantic right whales left on the planet, and less than 70 of those animals are reproductively active females Researchers captured rare footage of a critically ...

BANGOR, Maine— President Trump issued an executive order today allowing commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and ... Among those species is the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, ...