Scientists have discovered hidden viruses in whales and orcas, revealing a secret side of ocean life no one had seen before.

With the presence of right whales detected anew Jan. 3, 2026, east of Ocean City, a new right whale Slow Zone is now in ...

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that ...

The Ocean City buoy operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...

A dead humpback whale washed up in the Ocean Ridge community of Bethany Beach, Delaware, Thursday after floating at sea for a ...

An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

A free diving instructor enjoying the open water of the Pacific Ocean near Mexico had her peace interrupted by a ...

A couple was shipwrecked when their yacht was surrounded and sunk by a group of whales off the coast of Costa Rica in 1989.

The once-booming population that passed California twice a year has cratered because of retreating sea ice. A new kind of ...

Quick Take Connecticut chose the sperm whale in 1975 to honor its pivotal 19th-century whaling industry and maritime heritage ...