Thirty beluga whales were still alive on Oct. 9, despite Canada's Marineland park threatening to euthanize them if it did not receive funds by Oct. 7.

My research shows that the South African population of southern right whales is being squeezed by climate change in the ...

After coming back from the brink of extinction, Southern right whales are swimming in greater numbers off the coast of ...

Peninsula Valdés, located in the Patagonian province of Chubut, is globally important for the conservation of marine mammals and is home to a key breeding population of Southern right whales — once an ...

Fossils found in a riverbed in Japan were revealed as a large, ancient ancestor of right whales. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration documented 95 large whales entangled in fishing gear in the United States in 2024, including 17 off the coast of Massachusetts. That’s an increase ...

Despite being one of the largest animals on the planet, the limited population and vast territory of the North Atlantic right whale make tracking these behemoths challenging. Yet, accurate predictions ...

Animal rescuers said they braved rough seas and powerful winds to free a humpback whale entangled in fishing gear off the coast of Australia during what they described as one of the season’s more ...

A “very rare” pygmy sperm whale recently washed ashore in Devon, England, according to a local wildlife charity. Photo from Veronica White, UnSplash A pygmy sperm whale — a rare and mysterious marine ...