Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, ...

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

Rising ocean temperatures, heatwaves and dwindling prey are forcing marine mammals into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn.

The bowhead whale is the world’s longest-living mammal, sometimes making it to a staggering 200 years old. How does it do it?

Bowhead whales are remarkable for their immense size, reaching up to 60 feet in length and weighing as much as 100 tons, and their extraordinary lifespan of up to 200 years or more. There truly is no ...

The federal government issued a new "biological opinion" on the offshore wind power project off Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, finding that pile-driving noise associated with Vineyard Wind 1 is ...

For $300, you can head over to the Battle Creek Habitat for Humanity ReStore and purchase your very own. On Thursday afternoon, the store posted a photo of the whale sitting outside their doors with a ...

NOAA Fisheries has been tracking the two whales since they entered the Gulf of Mexico in February. NOAA photo The mysterious saga of two “out-of-habitat” whales has taken another strange turn, with ...

There are around 380 North Atlantic right whales in existence. Scientists identify them by catalog numbers but some also have ...

Two nonprofits filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard and National Marine Fisheries for government action aimed to ...

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadian environmental officials have failed to give adequate habitat protection to killer whales that live along the country's Pacific Coast, a Federal Court judge ruled on ...