A rare whale species appears to be in the midst of a promising birthing season, though scientists are skeptical it's enough ...

North Atlantic right whales are large, docile creatures that were hunted to the brink of extinction. More recently, ship ...

"There have been close associations." Experts thrilled by stunning turnaround of once-threatened whale species: 'It's very ...

There are only 370 right whales left. If human activity doesn't change, the population may not be large enough to continue to ...

One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...

The ocean is full of strange anomalies, many of which are still unexplained. But when those oddities literally breach the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists ...

Scientists have proven a mammal that was believed to be a whale subspecies is actually a new species entirely, and the new species is critically endangered. Researchers took a closer look at the ...

For years, a strange, repetitive clicking sound pulsed through the deep Pacific. It was heard again and again on hydrophones ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...