Marineland's most valuable asset was its killer whales, Orky and Corky, who had been at the park since 1969. Orky, as the ...

Researchers from Mystic Aquarium are heading to the icy tundras of Canada to study beluga breath. That’s the white-plume mixture of water cells, proteins and lung fluid that whales exhale when they ...

Late winter is prime time for dramatic ocean movement. Breeding grounds fill with calves, feeding zones pulse with activity, and boat wakes cut through water that suddenly looks brighter again. A good ...

A three-year-old female North Atlantic right whale was found dead on a Virginia barrier island. The species is critically endangered, with only about 384 individuals and 70 reproductively active ...

The Trump administration is promising a “deregulatory-focused” update to the NOAA rule aimed at reducing the likelihood that boats will hit endangered North Atlantic right whales. NOAA Fisheries on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dead fin whale that was discovered on an Oregon beach Feb. 7 was a subadult that recently moved on from its mother but was not ...

The southern right whale was once seen as proof that conservation can work. After heavy hunting pushed this giant close to extinction, protection laws helped the population slowly grow again. Many ...

The dead fin whale that was discovered on an Oregon beach Feb. 7 was a subadult that recently moved on from its mother but was not yet fully grown, officials said Feb. 11. Portland State University ...

AVON, N.C. (WAVY) – A 4-year-old male North Atlantic right whale known as “Division” (#5217) was found dead off the coast of Avon, N.C., on Jan. 27. NOAA Fisheries reported the whale died as a result ...

The Australian Right Whale Research Study receives funding from the Minderoo Foundation and in kind support from many organisations and volunteers. For decades, southern right whales have been ...

The first gray whale of the year has arrived “unseasonably early” in San Francisco Bay, experts from the Marine Mammal Center told SFGATE this week, raising questions over the species’ behavior and ...