Only seven spade-toothed whales have ever been identified, and the species has never been seen alive. After one washed ashore ...

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

Egypt's Wadi Al-Hitan — or "Valley of the Whales" — is famous for its abundance of fossils from the Eocene epoch.

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A whale spotted in Hong Kong waters was found to have several head injuries ... “It is uncommon to see these species here,” society vice-chairwoman Viena Mak Hei-man said.

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

Since October 10, no new whale deaths have been recorded, “which coincides with a marked decrease in the abundance of the paralytic toxin-producing species ... of specimens found dead, 26 ...

A most rare whale was found beached in New Zealand near a river estuary in ... map the whale's relationship to the few others of the species found, learn what it eats, and perhaps provide clues ...

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

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A Saint John marine researcher is using remote sensing technology like drones and thermal imaging to study the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Her research aims to monitor their ...