What is an Atlantic Humpback Dolphin and why is it on the IUCN's Critically Endangered list? Let's explore this fascinating ...

Cetaceans—marine mammals that include dolphins, porpoises, and whales—are crucial to coastal ecology. Their presence fosters ...

Footage of humpback whales captured by drones has revealed how the animals manoeuvre their whole bodies when they feed. As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale ...

The orca Keiko was taken from the wild as a young whale before spending most of his life in captivity. Once fans, especially children, of the 1993 film learned that the animal star didn't enjoy ...

the Center for Whale Research said last month it was worried for the calf's health based on the behavior of both the calf and the mother. "Early life is always dangerous for new calves ...

Just north of Depoe Bay, both volunteers and visitors flocked to this spot before the new year for Oregon State Parks' Whale Watch Week. Era Horton, a 16-year volunteer with Whale Watch Week ...

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale watchers last summer for her acrobatic ...

JUPITER, Fla. — Humpback whales are typically not found in Jupiter, but two Palm Beach County boaters were lucky enough to see one and record it. On Saturday, Mike Lee and Daniel Hanna were out ...

North Atlantic right whale "life history traits" — such as the age they start to give birth — are consistent with much longer lifespans, the study said, more evidence that the current average ...

The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought some bittersweet calf news as well as an exciting update for the community that follows Southern Resident killer whales, also known as orcas.

In December 2014, we wrote in a commentary in the Times Colonist that said “southern resident killer whales are no better off now than when they were listed as endangered 15 years ago.” ...