The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

The southern resident orca population marked the turn of the year with both heartbreak and hope: the death of a newborn calf ...

The bodies of two male melon-headed whales were found 50 miles apart along the southeastern coast of the United States.

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving ...

An endangered whale was spotted off Washington carrying her calf’s deceased body over a week after the baby was first ...

Boaters in the region are far more likely to encounter “transient” orcas, which prey on other marine mammals, including gray whales. Offshore killer whales, as their ecotype association ...

Two melon-headed whales stranded in December, one on Tybee Island and the other on Sea Island, which mark the first documented strandings on Georgia’s coast.

Southern resident killer whales face continuing degradation of their habitat by noise, contaminants, and declining quality ...

An orca has been spotted carrying the body of its deceased calf. The orca named Tahlequah, first gained global attention in ...