New research points to an alarming reason why humpback whales are being seriously injured by fishing equipment. Rising ocean temperatures are shrinking the critical ocean foraging habitat of the ...

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.

First it was Whale Wars, now it’s krill wars. The groups that took on Japanese whaling in Antarctica now have a new industry in their sights.

A humpback mother known to B.C. waters, is expected to return to B.C. waters with a new calf later this summer.

The bones of a whale that died at North Myrtle Beach 40 years ago were supposed to be displayed at SC’s state museum. But it ...

A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...

A southern right whale swims with its calves in the waters of the South Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 5, 2022. Southern right whales are no longer reproducing at normal rates due to climate-induced changes ...

WWF objects to MSC certification of Antarctic krill fishery and urges establishment of network of Marine Protected Area in ...

For the second time this year, 487 volunteers collected data on kohola, or humpback whales, from the shores of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii Island during the Hawaiian Humpback Whale National Marine ...

A total of 256 whales were observed during the 9:30 to 9:45 a.m. period, the most of any time period throughout the day’s count. Data collected during the Sanctuary Ocean Count and Great Whale Count ...

New research finds that rising ocean temperatures are shrinking cool-water feeding grounds, pushing humpbacks into gear-heavy waters near shore.

Warming ocean waters are shrinking whale feeding areas and increasing entanglement risk along the U.S. West Coast.