The PBS series Monstrum examined the ancient Japanese legend of Bake-kujira, a ghostly whale that seeks vengeance on humans.

A rare sighting of an endangered North Atlantic right whale was filmed off the coast of Fort Myers, Florida. Anyone who spots a right whale is encouraged to report the sighting to the Coast Guard ...

Survey experts with the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown say they’ve been thrilled to identify more 162 individual ...

Researchers from the University of Vermont, who published their findings in Nature Communications, found that humpback, gray and right whales transport more than 3,700 tons of nitrogen each year ...

Japanese whaling mother ship ... Watson has also featured in the reality television series “Whale Wars.” According to his organization, the Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF), more than ...

Researchers have reported the first sighting of a North Atlantic right whale calf in Massachusetts waters so far this year. North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered, and there are ...

At the same time, Japanese whalers drew international criticism for exploiting a loophole in the IWC's regulations that permitted “scientific whaling.” Japan harpooned hundreds of whales ...

The first North Atlantic right whale mom and calf duo of the season were spotted in Cape Cod Bay heading into spring, the Center for Coastal Studies announced. “The first sighting of mother/calf ...