For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...

You probably can't imagine anything much scarier than this: the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth opening its mouth just a few feet away from your boat. It's the mother of all fish ...

A canoer thought he was getting a quiet day on the water Saturday. Instead, he was treated to an unforgettable up-close encounter with one of the ocean's greats off the coast of Encinitas. Craig ...