When University of Southern Denmark whale researcher Olga Filatova set off on her first field trip in 2000, she spent five ...

PETA, ODFW, crab commissioner weigh in  A young humpback whale washed ashore in Yachats on Nov. 15 and was euthanized following two days of being stranded on the beach.  Marine officials determined ...

“You feel alien out there,” Friedlaender tells Popular Science. “And yet, the whale chooses you and interacts with you as a curious individual. It gives you its attention, and that kind of moment is ...

See some of the winning entries for this year's Oceania Photo Contest, including Miesa Grobbelaar's shot of a whale, which ...

A humpback whale found stranded on a sandbar off the southern tip of Long Beach Island died Sunday, officials said. The whale was first spotted by a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ...

One of the world’s largest mammals, the humpback whale is an incredible species for many reasons. They may even be the ocean’s protectors. Researchers have witnessed humpback whales intervening during ...

The whale was seemingly healthy but was caught up in derelict fishing lines offshore, which caused it to become beached.

Freediver Cindy Yang shared her close encounter with a whale in a video she captured on camera In the clip, she could be seen swimming horizontally on the top of the water, when a huge school of fish ...

Wildlife officials were taking a big swing at helping a young humpback whale stranded on an Oregon Coast beach get back to sea the morning of Nov. 17.