California Attorney General Rob Bonta wrote a letter challenging the Trump administration after an executive order takes aim at the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Before you get in the water this summer, take a peek at the many ocean mysteries lurking below Dive deep into ocean mysteries ...

Blue whales are the largest creatures on the planet, stretching 80 to 100 feet long and weighing in upwards of 290,000 to 330,000 pounds. However, despite their size, marine biologists say they now ...

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science challenges long-held beliefs about humpback migration.

"Will it return to the same waters where it was born for reproduction?" he asked. Ms McPhee-Frew, meanwhile, recommended that people keen to see whales book in tours with local responsible ...

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae ... of Antarctic krill to support the physiological costs of the journey and reproduction.” The highest-latitude calf was found at Port Arthur, Tasmania ...

There were many sightings of breaching and fin-slapping. We even saw the now much-rarer southern right whales and pygmy blue whales close to Australia’s southern coastline. Mich, our onboard whale ...

Bryde’s whales are considered one of the great whales, or rorquals, a group that also includes blue and humpback whales, according to NOAA, the U.S. federal ocean agency. Bryde’s whales can ...

Each year, humpback whales migrate predictably between cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds and warm, tropical calving grounds, where they give birth and care for their young. Or so scientists thought.

By one estimate, half of all blue whales should get colon cancer by the time they’re 50 and all whales should have it by the time they’re 80. But that’s not the case. Because they have ...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine – A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct. The whale is ...