A young pygmy killer whale — a rare type of dolphin — was recently rescued after becoming stranded on a shore in South ...

WesPac Fishery Management Council discussed updates on false killer whale stocks, among other issues relating to Marine ...

New findings suggest the evolution and behavior of at least some baleen whales has been significantly shaped by fear of orca attack.

France is looking into the alternative of a sanctuary for its dolphins—like the one in Greece, whose operational permit ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Boaters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea recently happened upon a rare pod of false killer whales, video footage shows. A group of friends were sailing near Tel Aviv, Israel, in the early morning ...

blue whales and narwhals. Despite their name, killer whales — or orcas — are not whales. Instead, they are part of the closely related dolphin family. Many whale species were hunted for their ...

What better way to track whales than listening in on them? Passive acoustic monitoring, in which microphones are placed underwater to pick up any sounds, has long helped scientists detect the presence ...

One of Heather Welch’s jobs — before she was fired via an email giving her just 90 minutes to pack up and leave — was to prevent collisions between the ships and whales navigating the water ...

A newborn Southern Resident killer whale calf with distinctive peachy coloring captured attention as it bonded with its family, not long after a tragic loss surfaced when a grieving mother was seen ...