Despite their underwater habitat, whales are mammals. Mammals are not solely terrestrial; some, including whales and dolphins, are fully aquatic the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology reports.

The 2024 population estimate for the North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered whale species, reached 384, a 2.1% ...

Twenty-seven pilot whales have died after they became stranded on a remote stretch of Northland coastline on Monday.

The [deaths] that hit the hardest are animals like this young whale who never got the chance to contribute to their species.” ...

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center says erosion from the recent nor'easter is impeding investigation into what happened.

Another whale has died after becoming beached off the coast of the Jersey Shore, according to officials with the Marine ...

The U.S. will tighten regulations on seafood imports starting in 2026 to protect marine mammals from harmful "bycatch" ...

Officials from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said they planned to humanely euthanize the animal but it died before they ...

Conservative leaders feel they now have the political will to remove key pieces of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted ...

A young humpback whale discovered stranded in shallow water off Holgate, New Jersey, has died after rescue crews determined ...