A North Atlantic Right Whale carcass was found floating offshore of Avon, North Carolina, on Jan. 27. The whale, named "Division," had been partially disentangled from heavy rope in December but was ...

A 46-foot-long fin whale washed ashore in Clatsop County on the Oregon coast Saturday morning. Officials from the Seaside Aquarium said the whale had already been dead for some time before washing up ...

An endangered North Atlantic right whale and her calf were spotted off Florida's Gulf coast, a rare sighting for the area. The whale, named "Millipede," is 21 years old and this is her third known ...

After nearly two decades, the baby whale came back—as a mother, with a baby of its own. Julie Albert, director of the Right Whale Sighting Network at Blue World Research Institute, a nonprofit, first ...

For the first time, we know more than we ever expected to know about the sex lives of the majestic beluga whale. It's complicated, to say the least, but it also shows just how strategic nature is at ...

The North Atlantic Ocean is warming up. Higher temperatures and increased human activity in the region can trigger abrupt changes in marine ecosystems, for example, how species are distributed and ...

Flying Dutchman (voice of Mark Hamill) and SpongeBob SquarePants (voice of Tom Kenny) in "The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants." The latest SpongeBob SquarePants big-screen adventure, The ...

Some animals have better publicists than others. Sure, sharks have killed a few people here and there, but thanks to movies like “Jaws” and “The Shallows” everyone thinks they’re all man-eating murder ...

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A dead humpback whale washed up in the Ocean Ridge community of Bethany Beach, Delaware, Thursday after floating at sea for a couple of days. The MERR (Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation) ...

After a year of difficult headlines for the environment, a rare bright spot has emerged: The population of an endangered whale species is steadily rising. North Atlantic right whales are large, docile ...

Humpback whales occasionally swim to boats as if curious about their human occupants. It's a behavior described as mugging. But on Saturday off San Diego, a humpback whale seemed more curious about a ...