A wildlife charity says rising numbers of humpback whales is "one of the greatest recovery stories".

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial ...

In 2014, an undercover investigation found that a factory in south-eastern China had been illegally slaughtering at least 600 whale sharks a year, as well as other protected species, including great ...

“In the context of extreme longevity recently documented in other whale species, we suggest that all balaenid and perhaps ...

A solitary killer whale, or orca, has been filmed hunting and killing a great white shark in an "astonishing" attack. Scientists said it was "unprecedented" and showed the exceptional predatory ...

The sightings confirmed that the whale had traversed a great-circle distance of 13,046 kilometers—a record-breaking journey for the species. "This whale was sighted on the coast of Colombia ...

He reported from Nantucket and Cape Cod Bay, Mass. The North Atlantic right whale is highly endangered, its survival as a species in doubt. There are only about 370 of these dark, bulbous baleen ...