The Canadian videographer gave new meaning to the phrase, “There’s beauty in randomness,” after a chance encounter with ...

By Bobby Bascomb Nearly all of Antarctica’s iconic wildlife, from penguins to seals and whales, depend on krill, tiny ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a necropsy revealed the whale may have suffered a ship ...

A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca.

These animals don’t frequently wash up on Huntington Beach’s shores. Agencies are looking into the cause of death of the ...

Over the last few weeks, multiple sightings of the magnificent humpback ... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) states that, “The impacts of climate change on whales ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) states that, “The impacts of climate change on whales are unknown, but it is considered one of the largest threats facing high latitude ...

Staff from the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary found the whale swimming off the Maui coast before leaping into action. The quick-thinking marine life experts ...

Watch as a humpback whale tangled in fishing line was freed. Staff from the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary found the whale swimming off the Maui coast before leaping ...

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