As if soaring above the brilliant blue ocean isn’t spectacular enough, the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team recently ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, inexperienced target guarded by a single adult. However, orcas cannot reach ...

A deceased young male fin whale washed ashore in Barnegat Light. A necropsy revealed blunt force trauma consistent with a vessel strike as a possible cause of death. Further analysis of collected ...

Scientists in Indonesia have tagged a pygmy blue whale for the first time using a drone. Data from the tag revealed a previously unknown path used by the species on its southern migration from ...

The City of Catoosa marked a major construction milestone Feb. 9 with a topping-out ceremony at the Blue Whale of Catoosa, celebrating continued progress on the new Blue Whale Visitor Center. City ...

A 46-foot-long fin whale washed ashore in Clatsop County on the Oregon coast Saturday morning. Officials from the Seaside Aquarium said the whale had already been dead for some time before washing up ...

The top two threats facing whales off Long Island's coast are boat strikes and fishing nets. That’s according to research by the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, a group that performs necropsies ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California coast could soon become safer for migrating whales. For more than a decade, a program called Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies has worked with shipping companies to ...

Alexandra Simon is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Alex started her career at CBS21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania before joining KARE 11 News in Minneapolis, where she covered breaking ...

Federal officials are investigating after a whale was found dead on the bow of a container ship that was docked at a South Jersey port on the Delaware River. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said it ...

Its appetite hinges on nutrient-rich krill swarms, so climate shifts that shrink krill threaten energy reserves and migration. Read on to discover the 12-inch-thick throat muscles and a 90-second gulp ...