Editor's note: Authorities originally identified the whale as a fin whale, but said later the carcass is that of a smaller ...

A video shows a 44-foot (13.4m) whale across the bow of a cruise ship in New York City. The ship sailed into the Port of Brooklyn on Saturday. Marine experts have identified the whale as a sei ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A cruise ship sailed into a New York City port with a 44-foot (13-meter) dead whale across its bow, marine authorities said. The whale, identified as an endangered sei whale ...

Around 30 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, along with some humpback whales, were putting on a show on April ...

The first Nautilus has a vestigial bow and deck ... under the surface like a sportive whale, she must be handled more like an airplane than a ship. Her pilot, copilot and engineer are strapped ...

But times were changing: Whale populations in the North Atlantic had declined, forcing whaling ships to head to more distant waters, first plundering the rich pickings off the South American coast ...

Modern promenade and waterfront decks on ships like NCL Encore and Bliss combine dining and drinking with prime ...

A necropsy of this female gray whale revealed it was underweight, though a cause of death was not immediately determined. The Marine Mammal Center said that ship strikes are a leading cause of ...

Slowing vessel traffic not only prevents lethal collisions with whales and other creatures; it also reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The Center has been leading the charge to ...

“Too many whales die from ship strikes off California, and the solution is mandatory speed limits,” said Catherine Kilduff, an attorney at the Center. “We know that slowing vessels down gives whales a ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers responded by dispatching patrol boats and park rangers to monitor the whale, while also notifying mariners and NOAA Fisheries. No large ships were in the canal at ...