There are approximately 90 species of whales, and they live in oceans all around the world. One of the rarest species of ...

Scientists say they discovered that two well-known types of killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean are actually two separate species and not just different races. In a study published Wednesday, ...

Researchers say of the thousands of whales photographed for the study, only two humpbacks made the record-breaking trip.

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More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally recognize — at least in name. Charles Melville Scammon submitted a ...

With likely fewer than 50 individuals remaining, Rice's whales are one of the most endangered whales in the world.

Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales face a crisis they can’t outswim — and a recent move by the federal ...

The public stranding of a young humpback exposes tensions between animal rights activism and other choices around biodiversity ...

More than 20 years ago, four female beluga whales were kept together at the New York Aquarium of the Wildlife Conservation ...