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

Quick Take Achieving the first live photographs of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale ended a 66-year mystery since the species ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something ...

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

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

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