An artificial intelligence (AI) tool has been developed to predict the habitat of endangered whales, helping to reduce deadly ...

A humpback whale briefly scooped a kayaker in Chile into its mouth in an incident straight out of the biblical book of Jonah.

A team at Rutgers is using artificial intelligence to predict where whales will be off New Jersey's coast. The data could ...

Lauren Heavner is a singer who has worked on cruises for over 10 years so she knows the ins and outs of her work environment.

Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

When certain algae flourish in the sea, they produce neurotoxins that can sicken both humans and marine animals. Acute ...

Charles Francis Hall genuinely loved the north but couldn't inspire loyalty in his men. Did one of them kill him? If so, was ...

Converted from a pelagic trawl boat, the factory ship first led a whaling expedition that lasted from 1991 to 1992. It was called a “moving processing factory” because the whales caught by ...

UPDATE: This post has been updated with input from NOAA Fisheries regarding the likelihood that the whale had been struck by a ship. A 26-foot humpback whale that was found deceased and entangled ...

A new study has found an increase in large-whale deaths and injuries near HABs on the U.S. East and West Coasts, mainly due to ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. The authors propose ...