On his first day in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that attempts to slow the growth in the ...

A federal appeals court reinstated rules protecting North Atlantic right whales from lobster gear entanglements, reversing a ...

Some Mainers are bracing for the 25% percent tariffs that President Donald Trump plans to levy on Canada and Mexico on Saturday.

A battle is being waged across states about whether 'retroactive laws' reviving expired claims under previous statutes of limitations are constitutional.

MADAWASKA, Maine (WABI) - An elementary schooler from Madawaska made a reel-y big splash at a recent ice fishing derby. WABI ...

Three conservation groups, the Conservation Law Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation, ...

Conservation groups are praising a recent decision to reinstate protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales in a ...

In his message, Kehiler warned lobstermen that any entanglements linked to Maine fishing gear could lead to further restrictions on commercial fishing operations to protect the whales. Most recently, ...

A large congregation of right whales was recently sighted near Jeffrey's Ledge in the Gulf of Maine, and a right whale slow zone is in effect for this region north of Cape Cod Bay. Vessels should ...

That's a underwater area not far away from Cape Ann, New Hampshire and southern Maine, where right whales have been known to gather previously, but in smaller numbers. Federal authorities are ...

Scientists from the New England Aquarium found over 75 right whales in the Gulf of Maine on Jan. 12 and 13, a higher than usual number of whales for this place and time, according to a Thursday ...