Scientists have proven a mammal that was believed to be a whale subspecies is actually a new species entirely, and the new species is critically endangered. Researchers took a closer look at the ...

GREENBELT, Md.— Four conservation groups filed suit today in U.S. District Court to challenge a government plan that fails to properly protect rare species, including Rice’s whales and Kemp’s ridley ...

The U.S. government is facing a backlash after it concluded that the oil and gas industry off the Gulf Coast is likely threatening the survival of the endangered Rice’s whale. “The operation of oil ...

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will delay by two years a final rule designating protections for the endangered Rice's whale in the oil and gas drilling region of the Gulf of ...

The Trump administration published a long-awaited environmental assessment on Tuesday that found that vessel strikes related to oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico are likely to jeopardize the ...