Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When marine scientists put suction-cup cameras on humpback whales off Australia’s east coast, they were trying to observe their ...

Whales returning to the warming waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the summer are sharing more food resources. The shift in diets is caused by climate change, affecting the kinds of prey fish ...

Marine biologists have documented a remarkable hunting strategy employed by killer whales in the southern Gulf of California, in which they harvest whale sharks' organs. Researchers in Mexico have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sperm and bottlenose whales are known to pursue fishing boats to catch fish that escape the nets. It's an easy way to get a meal ...

Increasingly, some politicians and national delegations at fisheries organizations meetings argue that whale populations should be reduced because whales compete with human beings for ever-scarcer ...

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario -- An enterprising young killer whale at an aquarium has apparently figured out how to use fish as bait to catch seagulls -- and shared his strategy with his fellow whales.

The first study of humpback whale entanglements in B.C. aquaculture facilities found eight over 13 years, with the curiosity of young whales a potential contributing factor. Entanglements are one of ...

The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said today as the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife issued an advisory to the state's commercial Dungeness crab fleet, urging caution due to the risk of whale entanglements. The ...