A whale off the coast has been entangled in fishing gear since at least October, prompting experts to mobilize a rescue plan.

Experts assessed that Division had likely been entangled for a while. He was last spotted swimming free back in July, almost ...

Division the North Atlantic right whale was spotted entangled in fishing gear on Dec. 3 NOAA Fisheries Service/Facebook Experts are worried that one of the 384 North Atlantic right whales left in the ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- A humpback whale entangled in some type of fishing line was spotted about one mile off Balboa Pier in Newport Beach on Friday. The mammal -- more than 35 feet long -- was ...

LOS ANGELES — Rescue efforts are underway to save the life of a blue whale apparently enmeshed in a fishing net in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. The 70-to-80 foot long whale, ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration documented 95 large whales entangled in fishing gear in the United States in 2024, including 17 off the coast of Massachusetts. That’s an increase ...

A young humpback whale that washed ashore Saturday in Oregon had to be euthanized after two days of rescue efforts. The whale, a roughly 1 to 2-year-old humpback, had surfaced near San Marine ...

The whale is the 15th to be caught in the nets along Australia’s east coast this year Khynan Gardner/ORRCA A young humpback whale was found dead after it got entangled in a shark net in New South ...

Rescuers tried in vain Monday to free a blue whale from a life-threatening tangle of fishing line off the coast of Southern California. A whale-watching cruise noticed the distressed 60-foot whale ...

A group of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on ...

Experts are worried that one of the 384 North Atlantic right whales left in the world won't survive the winter. According to a Dec. 8 Facebook post from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...