Giant ships that transport everything from coffee cups to clothes across the ocean are often so large they can’t tell when ...

ACK for Whales board member Amy Everett DiSibio criticized the federal government’s focus on meeting wind energy targets at the expense of properly studying the potential consequences ...

A small whale washed ashore on Rexhame Beach in Marshfield on Thursday morning. The latest story:What killed the whale that washed up on a Marshfield beach this week? What an expert says It is ...

Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from head injuries, an expert said Friday. The first dissection of a spade-toothed whale ...

Peter Corkeron headed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's large whale research program for the northeastern US from 2011 to 2019, then led the New England Aquarium's right whale ...

Debate surrounding the recent deaths of several large whales that have washed up on New England shores ramped up this week after President-elect Donald Trump linked the fatalities to offshore wind ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

New research reveals that right whales can survive for more than 130 years -- almost twice as long as previously understood. New research published in Science Advances reveals that right whales ...

A killer whale mother who carried her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent show of grief has given birth to a new calf, scientists have said. The orca, named Tahlequah and known to researchers as ...

Newborn humpback whales can measure more than 15 feet from nose to tail fluke and weigh as much as full-grown giraffes. But these hefty calves still need to pack on the pounds quickly to reach ...

Two endangered whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off Massachusetts, and one is likely to die from its injuries, the federal government said. They are North Atlantic right whales, ...