After five years of searching, researchers have finally identified and photographed a rare tusked whale off the shores of ...

Songs have lowered in frequency, in part because of changes to ocean water. Whales in the ocean around Antarctica are changing their tune, according to a new study. Publishing their findings in the ...

A beached humpback whale in Yachats was euthanized after efforts to return it to the ocean failed. The whale initially washed ...

A TikTok posted by creator Jacob Colvin shows dozens of people battling freezing surf to help a young humpback whale, while marine biologist Carrie Newell says the animal’s chances of survival are ...

North Atlantic right whales were redetected near Ocean City, Maryland, this month. Now, boaters are being asked to slow down until March. The Ocean City buoy operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

Ginkgo-toothed beaked whales have long remained a mystery, but a groundbreaking sighting may soon change that. View on ...

Efforts to get a stranded humpback whale back into the ocean on Nov. 17 have failed, leaving wildlife officials with limited ...

Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...

Nowhere in the ocean is now left untouched by a type of "forever chemicals" called "per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances," ...

Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems, a new book from the University of California Press (December 2006), explores an aspect of whale ecology that until now has received surprisingly little attention ...

Two decades ago, India’s whale sharks were hunted and misunderstood. Today, thanks to an ambitious conservation effort led by ...

A soothing dog video captures a Golden Retriever watching the sea like a tiny naturalist. From the boat’s rail, Shadow stares ...