ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The fin whale that washed ashore near Anchorage’s coastal trail in November is making progress on ...

Japan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will ...

Lorayne Meltzer has lived along the Gulf of California for 30 years. As an ecologist and director of a binational field ...

What is known is that they have a relatively stable supply of deep-swimming cartilaginous fish — such as sharks or rays — ...

A pair of Bryde’s whales were recently spotted off the coast of Thailand, delighting conservation officials. The large marine ...

No dorsal fin. V-shaped blow. Almost extinct. Right Whale Day brings a rare species into focus — before it’s too late.

A dead Longman’s beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), identified as a pregnant female, was found beached along the shoreline ...

Imagine plunging into the depths of the ocean and coming face to face with a creature that glides through the water with ...

About 100 of the whales have been spotted in the Gulf of Thailand, according to the Bangkok Post. Bryde’s whales are considered medium size, reaching lengths between 42 and 49 feet, according to the ...

The state Division of Marine Fisheries and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have teamed up to launch an innovative ...

4. Fin whales derive their name from the noticeable, curved dorsal fins located close to their tails. 5. Fin whales hold the distinction of being the fastest among all great whales, capable of ...

Those long, thin ropes that stretch from seafloor to surface have come under scrutiny for entangling endangered and threatened humpback whales. It’s an issue so contentious that in 2017 ...