Kim Jones, the dean of arts and sciences at Brunswick Community College, documented a rare and unexpected sighting of a ...

A large pod of North Atlantic right whales have been spotted south of Massachusetts, prompting officials to set a slow zone ...

More than 75 North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the shipping lanes south of Massachusetts, prompting NOAA ...

After a surge of spring storms, Mr. Jacobs descended into freezing blackness for the third time in late February. Gripping ...

A rarely seen species of whale became stranded alive on a North Carolina island, only to perish before help could arrive, ...

Researchers and conservationists remind the public to respect the whales’ space. It is illegal to approach a North Atlantic ...

Thousands of gray whales now migrating north from Baja California are in such poor shape and so few calves were born this winter that researchers and others worry they may be witnessing another ...

Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a ...

Six million years ago, those same geologic forces severed the connection between the Baja peninsula and the mainland, forming ...

Scientists find that Aleutian Island passes and the northern Gulf of Alaska remain key feeding grounds for this rare whale To locate endangered North Pacific right whales, scientists listen for their ...

A rarely seen species of whale became stranded alive on a North Carolina island ... squid eaters and are rarely seen at sea because they spend little time at the surface,” the center reported ...