Although we humans certainly do like to think of ourselves as smart, we only just discovered a new species of whale. The Rice's whale.

The jumbo isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi because its carapaced cranium resembles Darth Vader’s iconic helmet from ...

After consulting with federal authorities, rescuers decided the most humane course of action was to euthanize the animal.

Fewer vessels will be required to reduce their speed, which is likely to contribute to the extinction of the North Atlantic right whale, a species that is vulnerable to extinction and classified ...

BOSTON - About 75 North Atlantic right whales, representing about 20% of the critically endangered species' population worldwide, have gathered in an area off the coast of New England.

It was long thought that both species of right whale lived to 70 to 75 years of age at most, but the new study found that it was much longer. Southern right whales were calculated to have a median ...

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 ...

set to be built just 9 miles off the New Jersey coast, is in violation of at least six environmental statutes: the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal ...