A team was expected to examine a dead whale that washed up near Surfers Point in Ventura. Here's what to know.

Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded ...

Southern California could be dealing with its worst toxic algae bloom ever. Domoic acid toxicosis associated with a bloom off ...

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ...

Could an enormous blue whale make a mistake and swallow a dolphin? Learn why it's not possible for blue whales to eat ...

The employees of the company Naturaliste Charters Whale Watching could hardly believe their eyes when they saw what this orca ...

Last Friday a group of killer whales swam into Grays Harbor, reportedly going at least as far as under the Chehalis River ...

The baby killer whale is the fourth born into the Southern Resident killer whale population in the past 12 months Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

When the predators disappeared, researchers and conservationists pointed fingers at both encroaching orcas and humans as the culprit. But Hammerschlag and his colleagues, who began studying the ...

"While not the outcome we hoped for, it was in the best interest of this whale," the Marine Mammal Center said Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University ...

A massive gang of over 60 orcas was seen brutalizing an endangered pygmy blue whale off the coast of Western Australia by a whalewatching tour.

The animals migrate through a gantlet of perils as they navigate some of the world’s most heavily shipped regions, maneuver through discarded fishing lines and gear, dodge pods of killer whales ...