Whales
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio talks with just COVID-19 vaccinated patients, under the 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound model of a blue whale, as he tours the vaccination site in the Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life, at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York, Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool)
Whale of a time: NYC offers walk-up vaccinations for all

Apr. 23, 2021 12:04 PM EDT

Conservation study shows lemurs, whales nearing extinction

Jamey Keaten And James Brooks Jul. 09, 2020 08:03 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — Nearly all of Madagascar's much-loved lemurs are under threat, and almost one-third are just one step away from extinction, largely due to...

FILE - In this May 21, 2020, file photo a fishing trawler arrives in Portland, Maine. The amount of commercial fishing taking place worldwide has dipped since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The lack of fishing has also spurred questions about food security, ocean management and global trade around the world. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Worldwide slowdown in fishing unlikely to save rare species

By Patrick Whittle And Christina Larson Jun. 29, 2020 01:12 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 28, 2018 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. A judge ruled on Thursday, April 9, 2020, that the federal government had failed to adequately protect endangered whales from lobster fishing activities. Environmental groups had sued the U.S. government with a claim regulators' failure to prevent the North Atlantic right whale from harm was a violation of the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
Judge: Failure to help whales skirts Endangered Species Act

By Patrick Whittle Apr. 10, 2020 11:04 AM EDT

Whales filmed having whale of a time during lockdown

By John Leicester Apr. 09, 2020 06:37 AM EDT
LE PECQ, France (AP) — With humans away, the whales will play. In another sign that wild animals are roaming more freely while locked-down...