Hawai‘i's beloved spinner dolphins, known as Naiʻa, are a major tourist draw. But a new study shows that we may be loving the ...

Each year, southern right whales migrate thousands of miles from their feeding grounds to breed, give birth and raise their ...

Like a group of scheming teens shifting their conversation when a teacher walks by, sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) ...

Since 2008, rules requiring ships to slow down to avoid collisions with North Atlantic right whales have reduced fatalities of the critically endangered animals. Now, NOAA is calling the regulations ...

A pregnant fin whale was found dead on the bow of a cruise ship that docked Friday in southern Alaska, federal stewards said. Fin whales are an endangered species that is particularly threatened by ...

A cruise ship arrived at a dock in Seward, Alaska, with a dead endangered fin whale "on top of the ship’s bulbous bow," the National Marine Fisheries Service said. The ship reached the port June 19 ...

OCEAN SHORES, Wash. — Wildlife officials confirm at least 30 gray whales have been found dead along the Washington coast or in the Puget Sound. Three additional whales were reported on June 16, ...

A new study details a whale necropolis stretching over 750 miles of seafloor in the southeastern Indian Ocean. Across 33 dives, a team of scientists discovered 476 whale fossils, five carcasses, and ...

OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio (WJW) – A barnyard baby daddy mystery is unfolding with a unique birth in Olmsted Falls. The newborn animal is potentially so rare that there aren’t even statistics to count how ...

SEATTLE — Spotting whales is guaranteed aboard the Emerald Clipper, and FRS Clipper doesn't mean getting a hug from "Clippy" — the killer whale mascot that occasionally greets customers as they board ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Amy Warren, the scientific program officer at the New England ...