Blue whale season is underway in San Diego, drawing locals and tourists alike to one tour company who had a hand in NBC's ...

A baby whale is aggressively attacked by killer whales in this intense video until a surprising and powerful rescuer intervenes. The dramatic rescue shifts the situation, highlighting the ...

The recovery of the humpback whale population suggests we may have been mistaken about their birthing grounds — tropical waters aren't the only places where they give birth. Humpback whales may not ...

Off California, a North Pacific right whale, one of fewer than 50 in U.S. waters, lingered near a research boat for 20 minutes, giving scientists a close look at this rare species. Anglers in Honduras ...

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The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted swimming in the Salish Sea off Washington, photos show. Big Mama ...

and ship strikes—the last is especially deadly for blue and fin whales, says Hazen. (It’s the world’s newest whale species—and it’s already endangered.) Responsible whale watching can ...

Its species, however, is uncertain. It may be a fin whale, or perhaps a blue whale, the largest whale of them all. It may even be a hybrid — an unusual but not unheard-of scenario. Nobody is ...

A gray whale has swum the longest distance ever recorded in a marine vertebrate—more than 16,700 miles—over halfway around the world. The male cetacean, spotted off Namibia in 2013 ...