With its cartilaginous body and cold blood, the whale shark is decidedly not a whale. But this shark is about as long as a humpback and just as gentle. So gentle, in fact, that tours to dive with ...

A surge in humpback whale sightings reported across the English Channel over the last month has whale watchers puzzled. The ...

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

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right ...

After the attack, which took place off the coast of Honduras, one of the orcas charged “directly” at the anglers’ boat.

“a raised underwater area along the coast of New Hampshire and Maine that brings whales, fish and fishers together,” officials said. Smaller groups of right whales have been spotted there in ...

NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA, Fla. — The right whale "Grand Teton" was seen with a newborn calf off Amelia Island on Thursday.