The blue whale holds the title as the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. This video explores how big blue whales can grow, how they survive in the ocean, and what makes them such ...

Baleen whales don’t have teeth. Instead, they use baleen, a filtering system that lets the largest animals on Earth feed on ...

NOAA is asking Maui’s on-water community to be on the look out for a recently-entangled 40-foot female humpback whale off ...

Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging ...

Researchers used drones to sample whale blow and discovered cetacean morbillivirus in Arctic whales for the first time.

A North Atlantic right whale often seen in Bay – and once responsible for a canal closure – has died. Here’s what happened.

Footage from Gone Whale Watching San Diego shows Fin the rescue dog getting close to two wild humpback whales while out with ...

How do you hunt a whale when your boat is made of logs lashed with vines and your harpoon is carved from animal bone?

The carcass of a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted about 25 miles offshore of Avon on Jan. 27.

A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted in Cape Cod Bay over the weekend with fishing gear wrapped ...

When a right whale appeared trailing fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay Jan. 17, rescuers mobilized – underscoring challenges the ...

Canada's last captive whales have received a reprieve from death after the Canadian government conditionally approved a plan to export them to the U.S.