In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of baleen whales, only the humpback is capable of the ...

Mexican officials were working to bury a 26 to 36-foot whale that washed up on shore in Tijuana, and were asking onlookers to ...

Finalists in the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 competition capture beautiful images of animals and people oceans.

This was a perfect example of the importance of proper training, equipment, and teamwork,” wildlife officials said.

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach.

The sperm whale captured in the video was swimming around 1,962 feet underwater. The explorers were surprised when the ...

Found on the southern coast of Australia, the species could fill gaps in scientists' understanding of baleen whale evolution ...

J. dullardi is only the fourth mammalodontid to have been discovered worldwide, and the third discovered in the Jan Juc ...

Scientists have discovered a razor-toothed whale that prowled the seas 26 million years ago, saying the species was "deceptively cute" but a dangerous predator.

The whale shark — a shark, not a whale — is the largest fish in the world, roughly the length of a city bus. Whale sharks ...