Each year when the Mendocino Coast Whale Festival kicks off, I am filled with memories of my artist grandfather, J.D. Mayhew.

Nutrient-rich waste Whale excrement contains iron, phosphorus, and nitrogen, which are substances that phytoplankton need to ...

Baby orca J62 is a female, scientists have confirmed, and looking great so far in her first month of life.

An update on how New England’s North Atlantic right whale and the Arctic’s beluga whale populations are faring. Plus, ...

Only two births of a blue whale have ever been recorded. Mother and calf pairs are also sighted much more rarely than might be expected. The reason, new research suggests, has to do with where and ...

California State Parks spotted the 10.5-foot whale on early Valentine's Day morning and alerted the Marine Mammal Center.

A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for scientists because ...

Experts are currently investigating a dead sperm whale that was recovered from the North Sea near Sylt and washed ashore at ...

Tasmania. Every year, around 2000 marine mammals die in mass strandings worldwide. But this is not always for natural reasons ...

Kayaker Adrián Simancas describes what it was like being swallowed briefly by a humpback whale off the coast of Chile.

A young Venezuelan packrafter briefly became a modern-day Jonah when a humpback whale gulped him up in its jaws and closed ...