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

In the waters off California's Monterey Bay, some of the ocean's most iconic creatures have gone unusually silent — and it's ...

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can in a single year.

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

From the Olympic Peninsula to Vancouver Island, an unseen war is unfolding beneath the surface; cargo ships, oil drills, and ...

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 ...

Orcas are known to stalk and feed on gray whale calves off Southern California, and in one instance, a pod of killer whales attacked an adult gray whale, though the gray whale survived “bloodied ...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre says ...

VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. — There’s new hope in the J Pod of endangered Southern Resident orca whales. A new calf has arrived! On Apr. 6, Center for Whale Research biologist Mark Malleson spotted ...

A critically endangered killer whale group has welcomed a new calf after it was spotted for the first time near Washington. The Southern Resident killer whale baby was discovered April 6 in the ...