A gray whale carcass found floating in San Francisco Bay this week was likely killed in a ship strike, the Marine Mammal Center announced Thursday.

Nature is weird, if you haven't noticed. Waxwing birds get drunk on fermented fruit, there are sharks that lay eggs which look like corkscrews, and Brazil has a tree so huge it looks like a lush, ...

People travel all over the world to see a humpback whale’s dorsal fin glide through the water or to watch a tail or fin lift ...

Becky O'Brien always wanted to work with ocean life, but she didn't realize she'd be able to do the job in the middle of the ...

A new study analyzing two fossilized whale skulls from around 5 million years ago has revealed fragments of sharks' teeth lodged inside them. This provides rare evidence of how sharks fed on whales in ...

From massive tanks holding millions of gallons of water to facilities perched in the most unexpected locations, the world's ...

A 20-foot basking shark was spotted off Ventura in March. The elusive shark is believed to be the world's second largest fish. A basking shark as big as a small bus recently showed up off Ventura, ...

A group of tourists in Guanacaste, Costa Rica had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a whale shark. This came as they were returning from their boat tour and found the massive fish swimming in the ...

A Costa Rica tour group this week experienced a mesmerizing encounter with a whale shark measuring 15-plus feet in the emerald shallows off Guanacaste. The accompanying footage was captured Monday by ...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (KHON2) — State officials are warning people to stay out of the water on the Kona coast after a dead sperm whale drifted close to shore and started breaking apart. Whale carcass ...

Killer whales are apex predators capable of hunting seals, sharks, and even large whales. Despite their size and power, there are no confirmed fatal attacks on humans by wild orcas. Their hunting ...