Whales are not only the biggest animals on the planet, but they’re among the longest-lived, too. A new analysis reveals that ...

Field studies at Ningaloo Reef document a male whale shark’s courtship attempts, offering rare insights into their mating ...

Some whale species may live twice as long as we thought — if we let them.

About 80,000 pounds of illegally imported whale meat was found in dog food in Finland, officials said. The meat — sourced ...

We owe it to the right whale — and to so many other species — to reconstruct what our own history has taken from them.

A third endangered whale has been spotted entangled in fishing gear off the East Coast, marking an alarming end to the year ...

State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on a beach in Kihei.

Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential lifespans as much as double previous estimates.

Rarely does one think of a fin whale. And that would be logical considering the species has been on a slow recovery since ...

In addition to the Marshfield whale, a dead whale washed up on Bayside Beach in Plymouth on Dec. 9. In Brewster, the carcass ...

But our new analysis of the longevity of two close relatives of bowheads shows that other whale species also have potentially extremely long lives. Understanding how long wild animals live has ...