A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed ...

North Atlantic right whales were subject to "Yankee whaling," which ended around 1910, he said. Given the animals' slow rate of reproduction, the small number of whales that weren't hunted were ...

Phase 2 Drill and Access Trail Permits Granted: Newfoundland & Labrador Mineral Lands Division has granted permits for the ...

Phase 2 Drill and Access Trail Permits Granted: Newfoundland & Labrador Mineral Lands Division has granted permits for the ...

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered whales. Once common along the eastern U.S. seaboard, the whale was hunted to near-extinction by the 1750s. While no longer pursued ...

The presentation, Critical Minerals in Canada: Mitigating Mining Impacts in the Quest for a Low-Carbon and Digital Economy, will touch on geology, mining, environmental sciences and decarbonizing ...

On New Year's Eve, Florida wildlife officials announced two more endangered North Atlantic right whale calves have been sighted off the coast of the sunshine state, bringing the total to five for ...

A breathtaking discovery has just surfaced off the coast of Ireland, where the elusive North Atlantic right whale—a species teetering on the edge of extinction—was spotted for the first time in over a ...

North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species, including from commercial crab and lobster fishing, have cut their lifespan to a fraction of ...

before North America even existed. New research finds that the Cape Verde hotspot, which still exists under the island nation in the Central Atlantic Ocean, heated and stretched the crust under ...