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With fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales remaining, the federal government on Tuesday declared they must stay on the endangered species list. The population of the species, one of three in t… ...

The debate over whether to delist humpback whales in Massachusetts comes years after most humpback whale populations were removed from the federal endangered species list in 2016, and more than a ...

Today they issued their report, “Strengthening Recovery Actions for Southern Resident Killer Whales.” It contains a detailed ...

There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 ...

Cetaceans, the infraorder of aquatic mammals consisting of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, are some of the most unique animals on earth, but they are also some of the most endangered.Cetaceans ...

The North Atlantic right whale will remain protected under the Endangered Species Act, and the species requires a series of protective steps to stave off extinction, federal authorities said Tuesday.

According to the IUCN, the whales are "critically endangered", and the whales are on the Endangered Species List. There are ...

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A third endangered North Atlantic right whale was found tangled in fishing gear off the East Coast last Monday just days after two others had been recovered in critical condition near Nantucket, Mass.

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, there are over 1,300 species listed as endangered or threatened to become extinct in the U.S. under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Garrett added the Southern Resident Killer whale population is at 73, which is where it was in 1999 — after a five-year decline of about 20% — which is what triggered the process that led to ...