North Atlantic right whales were detected east of Ocean City, Md., in December 2025. Learn more about the 'Slow Zone' now in ...

Deep in the Pacific Ocean, a huge whale stayed out of sight from humans for many years. People knew about it only from dead ...

The massive migration of eastern North Pacific gray whales — the longest mammalian migration in the world — sees thousands of ...

If bowhead whales produce particularly varied and diverse calls in one area, it is very likely that the area is a breeding ...

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 ...

When a large marine mammal like a whale dies, its body drifts to the ocean floor in a process known as whale fall. For more than a decade, a succession of sea creatures will live off of the whale’s ...

Samples of whale 'blows' confirmed the presence of cetacean morbillivirus, which affects both whales, dolphins and porpoises.

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 ...

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 biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

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 ...

What appears to be an ancient whale fossil has emerged from Ocean Grove’s rock pools, but the potential treasure remains an ...