Researchers have measured toxins in scat samples from 205 bowhead whales from the Beaufort Sea, collected over 19 years, and ...

Analysis of bowhead whale poop shows that more toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food ...

Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

The whale remained on the beach Wednesday, and it was not immediately clear whether algae bloom toxins played a role in its death.

Whale sharks are migratory animals, arriving to an area when their favorite food, plankton, is in bloom and then moving on to ...

A minke whale that had been swimming in the Long Beach Harbor died from domoic acid poisoning, tests show. The poisoning is associated with the toxic algae bloom that has sickened and killed other ...

Scientists have revealed the cause of death for the small minke whale that was trapped for several days in a Long Beach harbor earlier this month, according to media reports. Officials from the Nat… ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists were in La Jolla Wednesday to investigate the carcass of a 55-foot whale that had likely been dead for days before washing ashore. “It ...

Algae bloom linked to whale deaths in CA. Researchers say domoic acid poisoning is harming marine life and raising ocean health concerns.

A 45-foot gray whale washed ashore near the Huntington Beach Pier on Friday afternoon. The adult female whale was found at around 2 p.m. near Lifeguard Tower 5 and the pier, according to Pacific ...

A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning associated with a toxic algal bloom that has stricken many other sea creatures, according to ...