Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

I encountered my first ratfish years ago in about 20 feet of water near the docks at Seattle’s Shilshole Bay Marina. I had ...

A white whale calf swimming with its mother off Australia created a memorable moment, while a pod of rare Baird’s beaked ...

Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island ...

In the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal, southern residents have been documented detaching lengths of seaweed and ...

In Australia, rescuers sprang into action to free a humpback calf from a deadly shark net as its mother watched. Off ...

Researchers bring a SETI approach to the question of what—if anything—humpbacks’ underwater smoke rings might be trying to ...

Scientists have documented what might be the first case of friendly interactions between killer whales and smaller cetaceans.

The restriction came after officials spotted a juvenile right whale, identified as whale number 5132, entangled in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Morell, P.E.I., on Monday.

He headed NOAA’s large whale research program for the northeastern U.S. from 2011 to 2019, then led the New England Aquarium’s right whale research program through 2022.

The P.E.I. Fishermen's Association says it is closely monitoring the situation after Fisheries and Oceans Canada restricted a fishing area off P.E.I. waters due to the detection of an entangled North ...

FILE - A gray whale dives near Whidbey Island as seen from a Pacific Whale Watch Association vessel, May 4, 2022, in Washington state. Federal researchers indicate the gray whale population along ...