Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National Geographic issued a record-breaking album of those tunes alongside a story about ...

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 ...

The humpback whale that washed up near Bethany Beach on Jan. 8 likely died from being struck by a large ship, according to the nonprofit Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute. The ...

A dead humpback whale washed up near Bethany Beach on Jan. 8, according to the nonprofit Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute. The juvenile male was first seen Jan. 6, floating at ...

The hunting of large whales goes back much further in time than previously thought. New research from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ...

Authorities have launched an investigation after a dead whale was found on the bow of a ship coming to port at a marine terminal in New Jersey over the weekend. The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware ...

Officials say the whale was found dead on a ship docked near Philadelphia as investigators work to determine what happened NOAA Office of Law Enforcement via AP An endangered fin whale was found dead ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. PORTLAND, Maine — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent ...

A dead whale was found on the bow of a container ship docked in New Jersey, sparking an investigation into the cause of death of the endangered animal. The U.S. Coast Guard reported the whale carcass ...

Researchers studying Caribbean whales and orcas have discovered two new viruses not previously observed in these animals. The viruses were found using advanced genetic sequencing of archived samples, ...