The new animated short film "Whale 52" is inspired by two true stories. The first involves the titular aquatic mammal, commonly known as the planet's loneliest whale as it traverses the oceans calling ...

Discovered in 2021, the Rice’s whale is now at the center of a fierce political debate over offshore oil and gas production. Hauling a rotting whale across state lines, John Ososky recalled wanting to ...

CAPE COD BAY — All eyes were on the water. From inside the cabin of the research vessel Shearwater, Christy Hudak, a research associate with the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, picked up a ...

Some of the largest living animals on the planet eat the tiniest food. For humpback whales, it's krill – small shrimp-like animals floating in the ocean. Capturing enough krill can take a lot of work, ...

For the first time in recorded history, a group of bowhead whales has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia, far south of their typical Arctic habitat. Researchers from the University of ...

A pair of adult female right whales, Koala and Curlew, have mystified researchers this winter as they cruised south along the Florida coast, then made a surprise appearance this week off Alabama’s ...