Learn about the fatal encounters between two groups of killer whales, bringing the idea of whale cannibalism into question.

The sighting marks the first time endangered blue whales have been recorded in this area of Massachusetts waters.

Scientists with the New England Aquarium have spotted two endangered blue whales about 15 miles off the coast of southern New England, marking what they believe is the first time ...

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sighting took place in Loreto Bay National Park (PNBL) and caps an unprecedented whale watching season, which begins annually in December.

The Gulf Coast Whale Festival returns to Pensacola this weekend, highlighting Rice’s whales — a critically endangered species found only in the Gulf of Mexico about 60 miles south of the Florida ...

FADEL: The New England Aquarium has been counting, and 18 North Atlantic right whale calves were born so far this breeding season. FADEL: We asked Nora Ives. I'm not an expert. She's a marine ...

The North Atlantic right whale is one of our most endangered large whale species. They have been listed as endangered since ...

In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

, March 10 -- Scientists have found possible evidence suggesting that some killer whales may hunt and eat their own species in waters near Russia.

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...