The San Francisco Bay has been hosting an influx of gray whales over the past week or so, including one that was found floating dead near Alcatraz Island on Saturday.

A 36-foot emaciated sea creature washed up on a California beach, and now researchers want to know how it died. On March 29, the Marine Mammal Center was notified by the National Park Service staff ...

Time spent sewn up in a whale wasn’t the only curious historical treatment for rheumatism. Elixirs of dubious origin promised ...