Researchers from the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, and the U.S. military's Naval Information Warfare ...

Nowhere in the ocean is now left untouched by a type of "forever chemicals" called "per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances," ...

Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the ...

Researchers have identified ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first time after years of searching, and in ...

New research on the eastern North Pacific has revealed that the mammal-eating killer whales off the West Coast are not a ...

Denise Herzing, a dolphin communication expert, told Science News that she objects to the word “vowel” out of concern that ...

A juvenile humpback, estimated to be about 2 years old, was discovered at a beach in Neskowin on Nov. 4. The whale was examined by Carrie Newell, an Oregon marine biologist and owner of Whale Research ...

Killer whales have joined the rare club of animals that can make and use tools, for the first time being observed crafting a kind of brush out of kelp and then using it on fellow pod members. The feat ...

A humpback whale that spent the weekend trapped in fishing nets and then stranded on shore near Yachats was still breathing ...

A dead sperm whale weighing more than 100,000 pounds washed up on a Nantucket beach, but a local nonprofit says it can't be ...

The orca whale first made waves recently for carrying her dead calf for days. The orca whale who first made waves recently for carrying her dead calf for days after the calf died is apparently still ...

YACHATS, Ore. — A young humpback whale stranded near the Oregon Coast will likely have to be euthanized. According to the ...