Over 60% of whale sharks in Indonesia are scarred, most by boats and fishing platforms. Scientists say simple changes to gear ...

Rice’s whale is the only baleen whale species that lives year round in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in the continental ...

Waters off California, Massachusetts, Alaska, and Hawaii saw a sharp rise in whale entanglements part of a nationwide ...

Long baleen whale mothers are more likely to have female calves than males, according to a new study led by the University of ...

Now, after a set of fossilized remains was found along a river in Japan, a new species of prehistoric right whale has been discovered.

According to a new report by NOAA Fisheries, the number of large whale entanglements recorded by the agency in 2024 was ...

Carrying and looking after young is a demanding task, and bigger, longer females have more stored fat to tap for the job. The ...