A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca.

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

But seeing humpback whales in the English Channel is far more rare. Thea Taylor, Managing Director at the Sussex Dolphin Project, told the BBC that, since 2020, there are usually one or two ...

The new documentary, Resident Orca, brings viewers inside the very personal work of Tribal elder Squil-le-he-le Raynell Morris and her allies as they fight for Sk'aliCh'ehl-tenaut's, also known as ...

Not a good look, Massachusetts. Not a good look. Last week, in its final days the Biden administration yanked proposed rules that would have required some ferries to Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard ...

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.

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“I had never seen an albino squirrel in my life. Then I read an article about how rare they are. “We first saw it on Friday and it’s been here all weekend. It’s an amazing little thing and ...

The annual Ways of Whales workshop presented by Orca Network, taking place Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Coupeville High School’s Performing Arts Center on Whidbey Island with an option ...

BEIHAI, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Weizhou Island, located in the Beibu Gulf, is China's youngest volcanic island. Bryde's whales, a national first-class protected aquatic animal mainly living in tropical ...