Although we humans certainly do like to think of ourselves as smart, we only just discovered a new species of whale. The Rice's whale.

A whale spotted in Hong Kong waters was found to have several head injuries, aerial photographs revealed on Tuesday, sparking fresh warnings for the public to leave the animal alone. A marine ...

After consulting with federal authorities, rescuers decided the most humane course of action was to euthanize the animal.

Whale sharks use both natural and artificial underwater features, such as seamounts and oil platforms, as stepping stones in ...

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 ...

Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.

A group of scientists saw over 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered in the Gulf of Maine. Here's what we know.

Until recently, only six records of spade-toothed whales had been documented over 150 years, all but one found in Aotearoa New Zealand, a known hotspot for whale strandings. The seventh and most ...

New Zealand is a whale-stranding hotspot, with more than 5,000 episodes recorded since 1840, according to the Department of Conservation. The first spade-toothed whale bones were found in 1872 on ...

The post included a caption reading, "A Whale skeleton found in the hot dunes of Egypt." In short, the image is indeed an authentic photo depicting a roughly 37-million-year-old fossilized whale ...

It was long thought that both species of right whale lived to 70 to 75 years of age at most, but the new study found that it was much longer. Southern right whales were calculated to have a median ...

Members of the marine mammal rescue group Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder walk with a Pygmy killer whale that was found stranded off the beach at Long Key State Park in the Florida Keys on ...