Captive whales don't have enough space to reach these speeds. Ultimately, the curved dorsal fin is still a mystery. Curved, or not, the orca's giant fin is a beacon to all, this apex predator is a ...

An endangered North Atlantic right whale, swimming in the Gulf off the Florida coast, was captured on video by SeaTrek ...

Whale shark with injury to the dorsal fin, likely to be caused by collision with a vessel. Credit: Gonzalo Araujo ...

On one occasion, she grabbed the skin under a whale shark’s first dorsal fin as it cruised by. She held on, going ever deeper underwater until, at some point, it occurred to her she’d better ...

North Atlantic Right Whales, an endangered species on the brink of extinction, were detected east of Ocean City, and boaters ...

Biologists have established a standardized way to describe and identify individual whales based on high-resolution black and white pictures of the dorsal (top) fin and the saddle patch (pigmented ...

The Center for Whale Research says the newborn killer whale was spotted on Sunday with J Pod, swimming close to a 20-year-old ...