Whales

"The story has just begun, in essence, and we hope to learn more about this species," Dr. David Webster said.

Whale experts said it was first known event where orca have seemingly helped another species in Australian waters

The NOAA's 5-Year Status Review into Southern Resident killer whales shows no recovery of the species, with experts saying a catastrophic event could devastate the entire population.

Researchers have discovered a species from the dinosaur age that predated modern aquatic life but was comparable in size to the massive land predators.

Whale watching company Everyday California filmed the giant mammals off La Jolla during their annual migration from Alaska to Baja California.

An endangered North Atlantic right whale with a 20-foot fishing rope in its mouth was seen with a newborn calf off the coast of Georgia on Thursday.

A necropsy revealed that the whale had an empty stomach, a sign of "chronic entanglement."

A U.S. appeals court ruled that the government's role is "assuring the right whales are protected from a critical risk of death."

Fundraising project Vital Impacts includes works by 100 nature photographers in a bid to support grassroots conservation campaigns.

Scientists say the restoration of blue, fin and humpback whale populations to levels seen before industrial hunting of the 20th century could help combat climate change.

The whale is alone, unusual for these social creatures, and could have strayed from its pod due to lack of food or poisoning.

Coast guard was alerted after the huge animal was spotted lying limp on the boat's underside

The animal, estimated to be 10 feet long and weighing around 1,320 lb, would likely have been a top predator like the killer whale of today.

Since becoming stranded on Thursday morning, the fin whale has moved closer to the shore, with fears rising that it could become beached.

One of the great white sharks that was spotted feeding off the whale measured more than 17 feet in length.

Newsweek spoke to Joshua Zeman, director of "The Loneliest Whale," about his quest to track down the enigmatic 52-hertz whale.

This is the 17th dead whale that experts from The Marine Mammal Center have responded to in the San Francisco Bay Area this year.

Stunning aerial footage of a pod of killer whales is helping researchers uncover the predators' secret social lives, watching them pick and choose friends and become less sociable as they grow old.

Michael Packard, 56, has recounted the horrifying ordeal in which the whale took him into his mouth then spat him out.

"We don't know how many whales are in this group, but we suspect it's a lot by the enormous number of calls we hear," study author Tracey Rogers said.

Researchers have responded to more than a dozen whale deaths in the San Francisco Bay Area this year.

One of the individuals suffered a suspected fractured neck, officials said.

"This tragic incident—inundating beaches on the west coast of Sri Lanka with tonnes of microplastics—will have immediate and long-term effects on this coastal ecosystem," the World Wildlife Fund told Newsweek on Thursday.

Ambergris is a rare and valuable substance that is produced by some sperm whales.

Scientists have found that some of the whales were abnormally thin, but they say more research is needed.

The bodies of the endangered fin whales surfaced after becoming dislodged from the hull of HMAS Sydney.

One TikToker has made a habit of getting closer to giant marine life than the average boater and his encounters have garnered him millions of fans.

A Cuvier's beaked whale found washed up on a beach in France died after eating 16kg of plastic waste.

Rescuers are doing their best to prevent a young minke whale from being stranded in the River Thames, though officials reported the animal's health is declining. Officials said Monday that they fear they will be forced to capture and euthanize the whale.

The spate of deaths has been called "alarming," and ship strikes are thought to be the number one threat to fin whales.