SAN DIEGO — Divers off the coast of La Jolla made an extraordinary discovery last week when they spotted the carcass of a ...

The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just ...

A newborn killer whale calf spotted off the southern coast of WA could be one of the youngest ever seen in Australian waters.

According to NOAA, the dead whale had a calf that was not likely to survive without its mother. Cargo container ship. Image by ilfede via Depositphotos Although the whaling era is over and some ...

Journalists accompany researchers to monitor presence of the rare North American right whales off the Georgia coast.

A sperm whale washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island off Cape Cod Sunday, the International Fund for Animal Welfare said in a statement. The most recent whale discovery is part of a series of whale ...

For a second time, the world watched as Tahlequah, an endangered southern resident killer whale, struggled to keep her dead newborn calf afloat in the Salish Sea. But with Ottawa failing to take ...

A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye. Organic Sea Harvest said it had suspended normal operations at its Invertote site in the north of ...

A female killer whale gives birth to one calf at a time every three to 10 years. Orcas work together to take care of the young. Female killer whales live to be around 50 years old, but some orcas ...

Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale entangled in rope off Skye. The animal was spotted in difficulty at Organic Sea Harvest's Invertote salmon farm site near Staffin in the north of the ...