The whales were seen “in all directions: at the surface, swimming, and diving,” said Kate Laemmle, associate research technician in the Anderson Cabot Center who was aboard the aerial survey flights.

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population worldwide, have gathered in an area off the coast of New England. A aerial survey team from the New England Aquarium spotted the whales this week along a 10-mile stretch off the western edge of Jeffreys Ledge.

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the New England Aquarium said Thursday. An aerial survey team from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life spotted the whales on Jan.

Speed appears to be a factor in a deadly crash that killed a 69-year-old man on Interstate 95 in Maine on Thursday morning, state police said.

A Maine man was identified Tuesday as the driver who died in a three-car crash on Interstate 95 south in Portsmouth, N.H. that also injured two women, including one from Massachusetts, authorities said.

Police say the 62-year-old's car was struck twice by vehicles after an initial crash on the highway. Whoopi Goldberg Says ‘I Stand Behind’ Carrie Underwood and ‘Have to Support’ Her Right to Perform a