Whatever its outcome − disastrous or delightful − no animal's Endangered Species Act story looks hopeful at the outset, and the saga of the Rice's whale, which has only now begun to unfold ...

A species of whale native to the Gulf of Mexico whose population have dwindled to less than 100 were listed as endangered on Friday under the federal Endangered Species Act, but conservationists say ...

Garret Graves (R-La.) that could prohibit vital Endangered Species Act protections for critically endangered Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whales. There are about 50 of the whales left in the entire world.

The departure of the sperm whales was followed the exodus of their chief source of prey. Scientists sound alarm after ...

A federal judge has granted more time to rewrite rules governing endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, granting a victory to oil and gas interests and officials who argued the previous ...

A federal court in Maryland vacated a 2020 biological opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service about how fossil fuel extraction in the Gulf of Mexico is impacting protected species, ...

pilot whales and sperm whales — not the pygmy kind — all migrate along the Atlantic coast. Depending on the species, some go ...

Oct 21 (Reuters) - A federal judge granted the National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday more time to assess how endangered species should be protected in the Gulf of Mexico, an analysis that is ...

"We are pleased that the court recognized the importance of maintaining stable permitting in the Gulf of Mexico until ... for endangered species such as the Rice's whale in the US Gulf.

Environmentalists accused the industry of “fear mongering” and warned that the five-month delay increased the risk that the Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale, whose population numbers have fallen ...