"It's always reassuring to know they've made the hazardous journey from the southeastern U.S. coast safely." Researchers stunned after endangered whale gives birth for first time this season: 'Marks a ...

Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded ...

Six million years ago, those same geologic forces severed the connection between the Baja peninsula and the mainland, forming ...

"The layers of material within these ear plugs actually [grab] information about the health of the animal and also the ...

Blue whales are not only the largest animal on earth today but the largest known animal ever to have lived on earth. The ...

Second only in size to the blue whale, seeing a fin whale surface from the ocean's depths can leave you spellbound!

Five families of orcas joined forces to hunt down and feed on a blue whale, the largest creature on the planet, in what was an extremely rare sighting off Australia. More than 60 orcas worked ...

While human-related issues like ship noise ... They occur in areas where krill, their primary food source, is concentrated. Q: What do blue whales eat? A: Blue whales are filter feeders that primarily ...

A gang of more than 60 orcas brutally attacked and killed a 59-foot-long (18 meters) pygmy blue whale, leaving a nearby whalewatching tour shocked, new video footage shows. The dramatic incident ...

Dozens of gray whales are dying in Pacific Ocean waters again this year and human-caused climate change ... of sea ice that hosts algae the whales’ eat could be to blame for population hits ...

Dozens of gray whales are dying in Pacific Ocean waters again this year and human-caused climate change may be to blame ... but a loss of sea ice that hosts algae the whales’ eat could be to blame for ...