Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the humpback whale population has recovered extensively over the past half a century.

Marine biologists are investigating what caused two dead ... humpback whale. Samples collected from the minke whale are also being tested. Minke whales are a federally protected species that ...

A young humpback whale wrapped in fishing net beached in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, stoking calls for fishermen to avoid abandoning ...

From “elusive” baby sea creatures to “divorcing” animal mates, here are some of the latest international animal stories.

What are North Atlantic right whales? How do right whales get their name? Per the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, North Atlantic right whales are one of the three species of ...

Trump's Monday order declaring a national energy emergency took direct aim at the authority provided by the Endangered ...

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...

A large fin whale washed up on the west Waterford coast is believed to have died at sea up to a week ago ... Fin whales are among the larger species of whale and can reach up to 22 metres in ...

While fishing off the coast of Honduras in 2023, a group of anglers stumbled upon a rare sight: a pod of orcas hunting down a ...

Whale and Dolphin Conservation, a marine advocacy group who's North American headquarters is in Plymouth, received a report through its stranding hotline of a dead whale floating offshore in ...

The baby Southern Resident killer whale was confirmed dead Dec ... of the Salish Sea,” Cantrell told McClatchy News. Southern Resident killer whales were listed as endangered species in 2005 ...

The melon-head whales have since been removed from the beach and disposed of. Late this afternoon, a department spokesperson confirmed an aerial survey had located more dead melon-headed whales at ...