Researchers examined more than 10,000 animal autopsies to figure out how much plastic is too much for ocean wildlife ...

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has today confirmed that a species of whale, never before recorded in Ireland, ...

Snot has turned out to be a surprisingly useful substance when it comes to assessing the health of an endangered whale ...

A rare baby whale was discovered on an Anglesey beach. The Pygmy sperm whale was stranded alive on Trearddur Bay. Experts ...

A limited necropsy of a 52-ton sperm whale that washed up on Nantucket was conducted Nov. 21. What was found, and where were ...

Researchers have identified ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first time after years of searching, and in ...

A dead sperm whale weighing more than 100,000 pounds washed up on a Nantucket beach, but a local nonprofit says it can't be ...

Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the ...

A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could ...

Scientists and Nantucket officials are trying to figure out what to do about a huge whale that washed up on the island.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

I think we all can agree that whales are cool. I happen to think that every living species has some element of cool about it, but the coolness of whales is pretty self-evident. Even given that general ...