Human activity also poses risks to whale populations ... Washington state law requires boaters to maintain a distance of at ...

Over decades of DC Comics lore, some supervillains have failed to gain the adulation of they deserved. And that ends now.

While they will continue to watch for the young orca, researchers have concluded that J64 is likely deceased, based on this latest encounter. According to the Center for Whale Research, the standard ...

Orcas have been observed ramming boats and even sinking some of them. But this isn't new. Here's a video from 2014 of a pod of orcas chasing a speedboat.

Bald eagles are another apex predator that have no known natural predators other than humans. They are opportunistic hunters ...

In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

It was an Inuit whale hunter who first spotted them: three juvenile California gray whales, trapped in frozen seas near Point ...

Say, for instance, a whale’s suspected cause of death is a boat strike. Researchers will look out for bruises and cuts during ...

A young humpback whale was found dead after it got entangled in a shark net in New South Wales. The whale is the fifteenth to ...

A cold-activated protein that mends damaged DNA could play a part in keeping the bowhead whale in tip-top shape.

How bowhead whales live so long. Researchers have uncovered a protein that enhances DNA repair and might explai ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...