Nearly two years after an emaciated fin whale washed up in Maine, the skeleton will be hoisted above the Maine Beer Co. tap room, becoming one of the few places outside of a museum where you can see ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WABI) - Federal prosecutors say a Maine man has admitted to illegally selling the body parts of animals in violation of the oldest wildlife trafficking law in the United States.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fall airplane surveys tracking North Atlantic right whales north of Cape Cod in the Gulf of Maine, run by the Provincetown-based ...

The U.S.'s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing ...

A marine biologist believes a humpback whale shielded her from a 15-foot tiger shark in the South Pacific. Nan Hauser said she didn't understand the actions of the 25-ton whale that she met ...

PORTLAND, Maine — A man pleaded guilty this week to trafficking whale and bird parts in violation of federal wildlife laws. Sergey Bachkovsky. of Green, Maine, admitted in U.S. District Court that ...

With tours focusing on local lighthouses and indigenous wildlife, including puffins, lobsters, birds and seals, Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company offers different cruises highlighting the best the Maine ...

Looking for something to do this week? There are plenty of events happening around our state the weekend of Feb. 17-23, 2026.

Citing the need for more accurate data on how Maine’s lobster fishery might be affecting the North Atlantic right whale, U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine 2nd District, urged the House Natural Resources ...