Stay 500 yards away, about the length of five football fields. This regulation applies to vessels, aircraft, drones and ...

They are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, said Julie Albert, director of right whale sightings for Blue World Research Institute. Spotting right ...

Whales are the true giants of the ocean, capturing our imagination as they glide gracefully through the water. These ...

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The blue whale holds the distinction of being the largest animal ever known to have existed, surpassing even the largest ...

A young humpback whale washed ashore in Long Beach on Monday morning — with authorities now working to determine why it died, according to police. “Early this morning, a juvenile humpback ...

KITTY HAWK, N.C. — Experts who conducted a necropsy on a juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore Friday in Kitty Hawk said there were some unusual findings, but full results could take a ...

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in a harrowing tale of grief, has lost another baby, scientists revealed.

To answer some of these questions, researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks analyzed 40 years’ worth of data collected by right whale identification programs. The study focused on two ...

A dead whale has washed up on the beach at Fort Morgan on the Alabama coast. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab confirmed a sperm whale carcass washed up along the shore in Fort Morgan, WKRG-TV reported.