Quick Take Connecticut chose the sperm whale in 1975 to honor its pivotal 19th-century whaling industry and maritime heritage ...

Scientists have finally solved a decades-old mystery with the first-ever live encounter of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale.

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

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

Officials found a morbid sight greeting them on the bow of a docked cargo ship in Gloucester City, New Jersey.

Scientists have typically relied on hands-on methods to assess the health of wild marine mammals. These include attaching tagging devices or taking measurements during capture and handling. While ...

Sperm whales are named after the waxy substance found in their large heads called spermaceti. The spermaceti is an oil sac ...

A routine free dive off Mexico’s coast turned extraordinary when a Bryde’s whale surged through a sardine school metres from divers, capturing a rare underwater encounter on camera.

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

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

Officials say the whale was found dead on a ship docked near Philadelphia as investigators work to determine what happened.