A team was expected to examine a dead whale that washed up near Surfers Point in Ventura. Here's what to know.

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...

Researchers say it’s a warning sign we can’t afford to ignore. Scientists sound the alarm after observing concerning shift in ...

A pair of North Atlantic right whales seen off Florida in the Gulf may be headed back north after being seen in Bimini in the ...

No dorsal fin. V-shaped blow. Almost extinct. Right Whale Day brings a rare species into focus — before it’s too late.

Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

One of the largest harmful algae blooms recorded along the Southern California coast has led to the illness and death of ...

Simon Pierce, who has studied whale sharks globally, said he has photographed suspected mating scars on female sharks in St.

It is illegal to approach a North Atlantic right whale within 500 yards without a federal research permit. Still, from the ...

“To this day we haven’t seen successful copulation, but it is proof (whale sharks) are in our waters trying out these behaviors.” Cameron Perry, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium ...

There was a giant reminder of a species in danger in front of the New England Aquarium Thursday. Lessons were out of the water in celebration of the third annual Massachusetts Right Whale Day. “Right ...

A Cape Cod marine rescue team has been working to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale from a fishing gear entanglement ...