The large number of calves being spotted this season is another positive sign for the whales.

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Scientists ...

Drone footage captured an adorable gray whale calf swimming alongside its mom off the coast of California on ...

Amy Warren, a scientific program officer and whale expert with the New England Aquarium, says those are sturdy birth numbers ...

The population of the North Atlantic right whale is slowly climbing. What's behind the rise in numbers and what more can be done to save the species from extinction?

Bernardo Quieroz, a manager at the Mercedes-Benz Oceanic Lounge, which led the tour, suspected it might be orcas. While filming the boat, he noticed three of the marine mammals swimming alongside the ...