For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that ...

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

Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our ...

An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

Researchers studying Caribbean whales and orcas have discovered two new viruses not previously observed in these animals. The ...

The U.S. Coast Guard reported the whale carcass on Sunday at a marine terminal in Gloucester City, New Jersey, according to ...

Find out exactly how big the biggest whale on Earth is and why blue whales can grow so huge when they only eat tiny creatures ...

One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...

One of the world's most endangered whales that was first identified two years off the coast of County Donegal has been ...

In the fall, some right whales migrate from their northern feeding grounds down to the warmer waters off the United States’ ...

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

The death of a whale found on the bow of a container ship at a port along the Delaware River in southern New Jersey is under ...