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

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 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 ...

One of the world's most endangered whales that was first identified two years off the coast of County Donegal has been ...

Grey whales have been extinct from the Atlantic Ocean since the 18th century. But scientists spotted one swimming off New England — one of a few sightings in the last 200 years. Scientists were ...

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

Update: The key points with this story have been corrected to note the new Slow Zone is in effect until April 14. North Atlantic right whales have again been detected near Ocean City, Maryland, ...

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

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

Songs have lowered in frequency, in part because of changes to ocean water. Whales in the ocean around Antarctica are changing their tune, according to a new study. Publishing their findings in the ...

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