Back in the nineteenth century, Peter Orlando Hutchinson’s sketchbooks have pictures of beached whales such as the 70ft one that was brought ashore at Beer in February 1876, and the pilot whale found ...

In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during courtship. Before now, we knew ...

While it might be incredible to imagine this odd occurrence developing again, there are two reasons it's unlikely. Find out ...

A paper clip-sized chameleon and the whale shark are among the threatened species of animals and plants being monitored by conservationists this year.

A humpback whale recently made a “rare” pit stop in the English Channel while migrating south for the winter, photos show.

Scientists initially expected some whale populations to rebound a decade after the BP oil spill. New research suggests they ...

Whales have long fascinated scientists and the public alike, with their immense size and graceful movements. Recent studies ...

The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.

Scientists had believed Southern right whales have a lifespan of about 70 years, but a new study shows that endangered ...

Researchers have assigned a number to all remaining 370 Atlantic right whales living in waters along the Eastern Seaboard, ...

State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on a beach in Kihei.

In 2018, scientists documented the same orca mother carrying her dead calf for 17 days across more than 1,000 miles of water.