Blue #whales are like a Guardian of the ocean, they carry the soul and life of all species underwater. Inspired by them, we ...

Quick Take Achieving the first live photographs of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale ended a 66-year mystery since the species was first described in 1958. The 43-kilohertz signal led to a 60-year ...

Canada and the U.S. are playing by different rules when it comes to protecting threatened whales, experts warn.

Scientists are using drones to tag and monitor sperm whales in the waters off Dominica in the Caribbean, an area that hosts the world's first sperm whale reserve. Traditional tagging methods involved ...

A young humpback whale that washed ashore Saturday in Oregon had to be euthanized after two days of rescue efforts. The whale, a roughly 1 to 2-year-old humpback, had surfaced near San Marine ...

When a right whale appeared trailing fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay Jan. 17, rescuers mobilized – underscoring challenges the ...

At Vietnam’s largest whale cemetery, fishermen perform funeral rites for sea giants they believe protect their lives at sea.

The once-booming population that passed California twice a year has cratered because of retreating sea ice. A new kind of intervention is needed.

Among marine mammals, beluga whales ( Delphinapterus leucas) are particularly difficult to study in their icy habitat. To better understand and protect this endangered species, scientists must piece ...

The appearance of a northern bottlenose whale in London caused a huge stir and was watched by millions.

As a result of more whales washing up dead, NOAA declared an “unusual mortality event” in California in 2019. Between 2019 ...

WASHINGTON — Officials near a Nantucket beach have a whale-sized problem. That's not surprising considering the problem is literally a whale. A dead sperm whale washed up on the shore of the ...