A recent study has found that critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are feeding closer to the ocean’s surface at night, increasing their risk of being struck by boats.

Photo courtesy of John Lichter Have you ever seen a large, dinosaur-like fish leaping out of the water in Maine’s coastal rivers? If you have, then you have probably seen a sturgeon.

… if groundfish rebound, it’s unlikely that the small-scale owner-operators in the lobster fishery who would like to diversify will be able to buy into the system.

Fish and Wildlife Service memo calls for change in what it means to ‘take’ an endangered species

A dead fin whale was pulled from the bulbous bow of the cruise ship Norwegian Joy this morning as the ship made its way toward the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal for its port call in Sitka. The fin whale...

Abstract. Forecasting systems for harmful algal blooms (HABs) are becoming more common, as HAB monitoring is increasingly networked and aggregated at natio

Heather MacAuley and Chris Murphy recently stumbled across a rare North Atlantic right whale in the water off Blackhead Cove, marking a sighting of a critically endangered species of whale with only a...

Lobstermen call it pot warp: the rope that runs from the buoy on the water’s surface down to the trap on the ocean floor. A single lobsterman may use miles of

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has initiated descoping of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Major Facility. This plan includes the removal of all in-water infrastructure from the Ir...

23 North Atlantic right whales were born this year, the most since 2009 but it's still short of the 50 births per year needed to save the critically endangered species.

Abstract. Salinity plays an important role in the physiology of marine organisms and their pathogens. As the climate continues to change, marine and estuar