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, ...

A group of humpback whales found in Southeast Alaska has recovered enough to no longer warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act, while another group has been down-listed as threatened, the ...

Aerial image of Southern Resident killer whales taken in the Salish Sea off southern Vancouver Island during health research by SR3 SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation and Research. Images by John Durban ...

The story of whales did not begin in the seas. For millions of years before beasts like the sinuous Basilosaurus lived full time in the ocean, the shorelines and estuaries of prehistoric Earth were ...

On a breezy spring day, scientists and conservationists methodically conducted experiments near 15 North Atlantic right whales that occasionally spouted and surfaced in a bay south of Boston. The pod ...

CHARGES. THIS IS NEW TONIGHT AT 430. THE HUMPBACK WHALE WILL REMAIN ON THE MASSACHUSETTS ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. AND THAT COMES AFTER THE MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES WITHDREW THEIR ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Fisheries Agency has ...

In a move cheered by conservationists, the Healey administration has withdrawn its proposal to remove the humpback whale from the state’s endangered species list after local experts cautioned against ...