BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada — The Center for Whale Research (CWR) confirmed this week that a newborn orca calf, J64, is believed ...

Almost the entire population of southern resident killer whales gathered in central Puget Sound on Sunday, but the newest ...

A group of whale researchers monitoring the Southern Resident J Pod believe a new baby orca, J64, is most likely dead.

While they will continue to watch for the young orca, researchers have concluded that J64 is likely deceased, based on this latest encounter. According to the Center for Whale Research, the standard ...

Bowhead whales can live over 200 years thanks to a protein that helps their cells repair DNA damage efficiently.

There's a long road ahead before the species is back from the brink, but a new population survey provides fresh optimism.

In a protected forest of eastern Australia, one of the country's "rarest mammals" wandered past a trail camera, its pouch ...

It was an Inuit whale hunter who first spotted them: three juvenile California gray whales, trapped in frozen seas near Point ...

A new orca calf has been born in J Pod. The baby cetacean, called J64, is part of the Southern Resident Killer Whale ...

The new baby, J64, arrived about a week after another calf in the pod was spotted dead in September. Researchers say only ...

Scientists have reported an encouraging trend in the population growth of the North Atlantic right whale. A report released Tuesday by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium says the population ...

The baby planet has created a gap in the ring of material as it grows into a fully-realized planet. A baby planet has been spotted nestled inside a ring around its young parent star, offering a ...