Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded ...

In 2018, a study made headlines when it found that a captive orca, or killer whale, was able to imitate human speech. The ...

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...

"While not the outcome we hoped for, it was in the best interest of this whale," the Marine Mammal Center said Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University ...

A South Carolina man pleaded guilty to importing and selling sperm whale teeth and bones, a violation of federal wildlife laws, the Justice Department announced. Lauren H. DeLoach, 69, of Saint ...

COROLLA, N.C. — The female humpback whale carcass that washed up in Corolla Thursday is now on the beach and undergoing an external exam and necropsy. Officials with the North Carolina Aquariums ...

These massive ocean mammals can grow nearly 50 feet long and weigh 90,000 pounds! Their giant gray bodies have a patchy appearance and are often covered with whale lice and barnacles. Like many types ...

Two orcas, Wikie and Keijo, and 12 dolphins are stuck in a shuttered French Riviera marine park after Spanish authorities refused to let them move to their country, an official told AFP on Thursday.

The “phenomenal” incident took place off Bremer Bay, a town located near Perth, on April 7, according to a news release from ...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre ...

Animal lovers around B.C. are celebrating the announcement that a new killer whale calf has been sighted in provincial waters. Washington-based Center for Whale Research (CWR) shared yesterday that ...

VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. — There’s new hope in the J Pod of endangered Southern Resident orca whales. A new calf has arrived! On Apr. 6, Center for Whale Research biologist Mark Malleson spotted ...