A rare sighting of an endangered North Atlantic right whale was filmed off the coast of Fort Myers, Florida. Anyone who spots a right whale is encouraged to report the sighting to the Coast Guard ...

It's a race against time to save a young whale trapped in shallow water against rocks on the Cornish coastline. The creature, believed to be a young pilot whale, was filmed struggling against ...

Two giant whales chase off a shark to safeguard a diver from potential danger. Credit: Gabriel Barathieu / CC BY-SA 2.0 A diver off the coast of Mauritius experienced a rare and dramatic moment when ...

Greenpeace’s next campaign is perhaps its most well known: saving the whales. The idea came from Paul Spong, who had studied orca whales and argued that the highly intelligent creatures were ...

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 ...

At least three orca whales were spotted swimming through Bellingham Bay on Tuesday. Bellingham resident Nate Wallace captured a video of the whales at about 4:30 p.m. as they were swimming south ...

A humpback whale urinating near Hawaii. Credit: Lars Bejder/NOAA Scientists have long understood that microbes, zooplankton, and fish are vital sources of recycled nitrogen in coastal waters.

Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move tons of ...

Whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. (Humpback whale mother and calf.) Credit: Martin van ...

Since so little is understood about this whale species, researchers like O’Corry-Crowe and his colleagues are working diligently to conduct studies to document narwhals’ unknown behaviors to ...