The Latest Breaking News from North Atlantic

A recent research flight off the coast of New England discovered a large gathering of whales, including endangered sei whales and North Atlantic right whal...

Iceland’s government says it has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation’s last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year

The North Atlantic hurricane season, which starts on June 1, is forecast to be "extraordinary," with up to seven storms of Category 3 or higher expected, the US NOAA weather agency said Thursday.

Female right whales may never breed after entanglement in fishing gear, a new study has found.

Study reveals devastating impacts of entanglements on North Atlantic right whales, highlighting urgent need for ropeless fishing gear.

Learn about the threats facing critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and efforts to protect them from ship strikes and fishing gear entanglement.

The current drought situation in the Amazon, which has taken on a new level of severity this year, is influenced by two exceptional climatic conditions: the abnormally high temperature of the North Atlantic waters and the presence of the El Niño phenomenon. Despite these remarkable climatic conditions, however, the human…

As renewable energy production expands across the U.S., the environmental impacts of these new sources are receiving increased attention. In a recent report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examined whether and how constructing offshore wind farms in the Nantucket Shoals region, southeast of Massachusetts, could affect critically…

North Atlantic right whales are being killed in collisions with vessels that are flouting go-slow zones in US waters, report warns

New research highlights importance of diet in hazardous pollution levels for North Atlantic killer whales

Marine mammals – animals including whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, sea otters, dugongs and manatees – are threatened by an array of human activities. Species such as the North Atlantic right whale, Rice’s whale and Vaquita porpoise have been pushed to the brink of extinction.