The population of the North Atlantic right whale is slowly climbing. What's behind the rise in numbers and what more can be ...

Scientists have discovered hidden viruses in whales and orcas, revealing a secret side of ocean life no one had seen before.

Scientists have finally solved a decades-old mystery with the first-ever live encounter of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale.

With more than 300 sunny days each year, Santa Barbara has been dubbed the “American Riviera.” Visitors and locals alike ...

In the fall, some right whales migrate from their northern feeding grounds down to the warmer waters off the United States’ ...

About seven years ago, footage began to circulate showing what was said to be the largest great white shark ever documented. Her name was Deep Blue and she spent much of her time at Mexico’s Guadalupe ...

When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something ...

Bernardo Quieroz, a manager at the Mercedes-Benz Oceanic Lounge, which led the tour, suspected it might be orcas. While filming the boat, he noticed three of the marine mammals swimming alongside the ...

Sperm whales are named after the waxy substance found in their large heads called spermaceti. The spermaceti is an oil sac ...

The once-booming population that passed California twice a year has cratered because of retreating sea ice. A new kind of ...

Residents and visitors in British Columbia have been experiencing a rare sight, thanks to a pod of killer whales engaging in ...

One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...