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

The ocean is full of strange anomalies, many of which are still unexplained. But when those oddities literally breach the ...

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said a dead whale, tentatively identified as a Fin whale, was found on the bow of a ship at the Gloucester City marine terminal.

A new species of killer whale has been discovered off the southern coast of Chile. Researchers from San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography say the whales look distinctly different than orcas.

A group of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on ...

University of Florida researcher Dr. Rudolf Scheffrahn recently helped to discover a new termite species. It looks like Moby Dick.

A 42-foot fin whale discovered on the bow of a massive cargo ship docking at the Holt Marine Terminal last week died from ...

Scientists have proven a mammal that was believed to be a whale subspecies is actually a new species entirely, and the new species is critically endangered. Researchers took a closer look at the ...

Thanks to a new sampling technique, scientists can now monitor whale health in a non-invasive way. While this development is ...