NOAA biologists are trying to determine how the whale died, while onlookers have gathered to see the large carcass.

These things don’t normally happen in the winter time, she was partially frozen so she remained pretty well preserved.” ...

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while ...

In the second article in The Scotsman’s series, Scotland’s Wonderful Wildlife, Dr Helen Scales describes her attempts to see ...

This holiday season “Nourishing Chicago” is encouraging you to give back through food, mental health and social services so that all of our neighbors can thrive.

Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are now migrating in unexpected areas of the ocean, putting them in the path of boats traveling at higher speeds than in protected zones.

While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” its color is more a reflection of the water it swims in — its skin is actually ...

The wholphin (sometimes spelled wolphin) is the result of crossbreeding between a male false killer whale and a female ...

As humans heat up the world by burning fossil fuels, whales are increasingly vulnerable. Warmer ocean temperatures can affect ...

He and his former partner were the first to spot the fin whale's return in 2006. The whales can live up to 100 years, and he ...

This ability to efficiently repair DNA may have enabled some bowhead whales, which can grow to around 80 tonnes, to live for more than two centuries. In fact, the oldest known mammal on earth is a ...