A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

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

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...

NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made ...

has been seen carrying her deceased calf for at least 11 days, drawing attention to the critically endangered southern resident killer whales. Researchers say this behavior is a sign of grief.

“As with last time, I think it’s enough to recognize how strong the mother-calf bond is in killer whales (among the strongest social relationships in any animal), and to see that she is clearl ...

Two rare female whales have been documented off the coast of Florida, each with a calf, marine surveyors said. The 20-year-old whale mothers, named Blackheart and Caterpillar, were seen Dec. 30 ...

The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.

State officials said the body of a whale calf was found on a Maui beach Friday. Courtesy photo State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on ...

Federal and state officials are recovering the carcass of a humpback whale calf from the shores of Kihei, Maui. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources says it is a deceased humpback whale ...

Federal and state officials are recovering the carcass of a humpback whale calf from the shores of Kihei, Maui. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources says it is a deceased humpback ...

KIHEI (HawaiiNewsNow) - A whale calf that beached itself on Maui did not survive the night. The baby humpback whale was found stranded inside the reef just off Halama Street in Kihei Thursday evening.