Whale entanglements off the U.S. West Coast last year were the second highest since 2018.

A response team worked five hours to remove crab pot lines from the whale ...

The juvenile whale showed signs of vessel strike and entanglement, but rescue teams couldn't secure state approval to move ...

A juvenile humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) entangled in the opening to Alaska’s Endicott Arm was successfully freed ...

Authorities save one animal but another succumbs to its injuries, leading sharks to converge on a popular snorkelling spot.

When a humpback whale became entangled in a craypot line off Kaikōura last week, witnesses described it thrashing in distress for ten minutes before eventually freeing itself. It was a fortunate ...

Division the North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear Experts are worried that one of the 384 North Atlantic right whales left in the world won't survive the winter. According to a Dec. 8 ...

A young humpback whale was freed from entanglement in fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts on Sunday.

Each spring, humpback whales start to feed off the coast of California and Oregon on dense schools of anchovies, sardines and krill—prey sustained by cool, nutrient-rich water that seasonal winds draw ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

According to the Whale Release and Strandings Group’s 2025 report, 17 humpback whales were reported entangled in fishing gear ...