Hundreds of whale fossils, including those from extinct species new to science, range in age from recent to five million years old and are also home to undescribed deep-sea creatures.

Researchers off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, confirmed two ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first ...

The researchers saw many strange animals — many believed to be new to science — living off the whale carcasses.

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 ...

The massive necropolis, located deep in the southeastern Indian Ocean, is teeming with marine life supported by the whale carcasses, including many suspected new species ...

Hidden deep beneath the Indian Ocean, researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest and largest whale graveyard, ...

The world’s largest whale graveyard has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean by Chinese scientists, who found that the vast expanse of both new and ancient carcasses supports huge ...

A pregnant fin whale was found dead on the bow of a cruise ship in Alaska last week. Fin whales are endangered and particularly threatened by vessel strikes.

A cruise ship arrived at a dock in Seward, Alaska, with a dead endangered fin whale "on top of the ship's bulbous bow," the National Marine Fisheries Service said. The ship reached the port June 19 ...

An endangered pregnant fin whale was found dead on the bow of Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas after the cruise ship arrived in Seward, Alaska.