When paddleboarding in the ocean, you never know what kind of animals you’ll encounter. But we’re guessing that getting a ...

Entanglement is a top threat for all large baleen whales on Canada’s coasts, including humpbacks, minke, blue and fin whales.

Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a ...

Currently, large ships are required to slow down at certain times to avoid collisions, which is a leading cause of death for ...

The New England Aquarium recently identified a North Atlantic right whale found dead off Virginia as a 3-year-old female, the ...

The U.S.'s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing ...

Marine officials are working to determine the cause of death for a 3-year-old right whale that was found dead on a barrier island near the Eastern Shore this week.

“The ancient DNA came to our rescue to secure the specimens’ true identity,” wrote Wooller and his colleagues. It also opened ...

Officials say the whale could roll in the surf, posing a danger to beachgoers ...

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A growing body of peer-reviewed research is documenting how rising temperatures and human activity are altering animal ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question still lingers—was it worth it?