U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will delay by two years a final rule designating protections for the endangered ...

Rice’s whale is the only year-round resident baleen whale in the northern Gulf of Mexico. At an estimated population size of only 51 animals, it is one of the world’s most endangered baleen ...

A species of baleen whale endemic to the northern Gulf of Mexico, Rice's whales are one of the most endangered in the world, with fewer than 100 individuals remaining throughout the Gulf of Mexico ...

Environmental scientists say Rice’s whale, discovered in 2021, faces extinction unless the federal government sets tougher restrictions on oil and gas activities in the gulf.

More than a hundred marine scientists have written an open letter to the Biden administration urging action to protect a recently discovered Gulf of Mexico whale species known as Rice's whale.

Endangered Rice's whales have lost some of their protections under one of President Donald Trump 's executive orders that aims to reduce the regulatory burdens on America's energy industry.

The presence of these whales along the Gulf of Mexico coast is an extremely rare event, especially considering they are not first-time mothers seeking warm waters for calving.

A 38-foot-long baleen whale that washed up near the Florida Everglades was later found to be a distinct species, now called the Rice's whale, that lives only in the Gulf of Mexico.

The whales are about 40 feet long, and spend most of their time near the Gulf of Mexico’s continental shelf at depths of 100 to 400 meters. They stay in the area year-round.

The Trump administration published a long-awaited environmental assessment on Tuesday that found that vessel strikes related to oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico are likely to jeopardize ...

NOAA Fisheries has determined that oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico could drive Rice’s whale to extinction, unless regulators take new precautionary measures. The agency released its ...

US Finds Endangered Gulf of Mexico Whale Threatened by Oil and Gas Vessel Strikes (Reuters) -The Trump administration published a long-awaited environmental assessment on Tuesday that found that ...