Scientists said the sudden drop in blue whale noise is a red flag for ocean health, with silence signalling deeper ...

A world without whales is inconceivable — until it isn't. Blue whales have gone silent, and their food sources are drying up.

Swaths of the whales’ migratory path remain perilously unprotected from vessel strikes, a leading cause of death ...

A North Atlantic right whale is shown in Canadian waters on Sept. 3, 2019. There were no whales spotted by aerial surveillance in Canada in 2020. (Transport Canada) ...

Whale excrement, rich in nutrients, fertilizes the oceans by feeding phytoplankton. These microorganisms form the base of the ...

Protecting the North Atlantic right whale population requires a mandatory slowdown for vessels in the Cabot Strait, says Oceana Canada. In early 2020, Transport Canada introduced a voluntary ...

Transport Canada must do all it can to protect right whales by making the slowdown mandatory and shifting to a permanent, protection regime. With only around 330 North Atlantic right whales left in ...

A new report says a population of endangered killer whales off the coast of British Columbia and Washington state is showing ...

That is why Transport Canada must make the slowdown a season-long – the entire time the whales are known to be in the area – and mandatory measure,” said Elmslie. In February 2021, Oceana Canada ...

Commercial whale-watching and ecotourism companies who receive an authorization from the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade will be able to view non-Southern Resident killer whales (such as ...

A beluga whale at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Conn. pictured in 2004. Mystic Aquarium wants to import the captive-born beluga whales from Marineland of Canada in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

“Transport Canada must do everything possible to save this fragile population of only about 330 whales from extinction, including making the slowdown in the Cabot Strait mandatory," said Kim ...