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 ...

The rare and awe-inspiring gestures were documented off the coasts of B.C., California, New Zealand and Norway. Researchers ...

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

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

Unusually high mortality for gray whales along the coast has researchers concerned for the recovering species.

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

The Southern right whale has a median lifespan of 73.4 years, and 10% live beyond 131.8 years. The North Atlantic right whale has a median lifespan of only 22.3 years because of human impacts, and ...

For Māori conservationist Mere Takoko, “losing one whale is like losing an ancestor.” The animals “taught our people about navigation across the Pacific, particularly across the Milky Way ...

(NOAA/Pt. Blue/ACCESS, D. Devlin) Right whales have very distinctive features, which is how the trained species observers were able to identify the whale as the rare North Pacific right whale.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In an extraordinary sighting, a critically endangered North Pacific right whale was spotted off the Marin County coast on Friday, thrilling scientists. One of the rarest ...