Navigating around a marina can take quite a lot of skill, but one obstacle you don’t expect to have to sail around is a ...

Blue whales are the largest mammals in the world, and they spend much of their lives roaming the deep ocean, where they feed ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue whales, sperm whales, and humpback whales (all mammals) are larger. The ...

Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are incredibly intelligent creatures, capable of complex hunting strategies. They also engage ...

UW researchers tested the hypothesis in marine mammals by comparing maternal length and fetal sex in more than 100,000 baleen whales. They found that the fetal sex ratio skews female for longer—and ...

It’s time for March madness again, and I am not referring to college basketball’s big tournament March Madness, which is ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Commissioners for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife voted no on a petition that would’ve modified the rules for crab fisheries in an effort to prevent whale ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team spotted endangered blue whales during two back-to-back surveys. This marked the first time the Aquarium has documented a blue whale in the ...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (KHON2) — State officials are warning people to stay out of the water on the Kona coast after a dead sperm whale drifted close to shore and started breaking apart. Whale carcass ...

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

President Trump posted on social media that he plans to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to airports to assist the TSA, which has been crippled by the partial government ...

In 1999 hundreds of gray whales washed up along the west coast of North America. More in 2000. They lost an estimated 25% of their population. But then the whale population recovered and people moved ...