A WHITE beluga, long suspected of being a Russian spy, may have been involved in a secret Kremlin mission in the Arctic, a documentary has claimed. The whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir – a blend ...

Somehow, the true story of Free Willy is wilder and more inspirational than the movie. After the film became a hit, fans ...

The body of a 25-foot-long, pregnant whale was found on a beach in Massachusetts. The results of two necropsies are pending.

"The Good Whale" is the new podcast from "The New York Times" and Serial Productions, which explores the years-long journey ...

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were ...

The 20-foot mature female was placed on a truck and taken to a local landfill where a necropsy was performed, according to ...

A necropsy done by researchers at Gumbo Limbo State Park in Boca Raton may determine what caused the 8-foot whale to beach ...

A groundbreaking research project is finally building the tools to translate just how whales and other creatures communicate.

Whale conservationist Ted Cheeseman admits that the huge animals don't patiently pose for photos. Instead, on most whale-watching trips he says "you see 2% of the whale for 2% of the time".

Far too often, whale and dolphin watching involves repeated harassment of animals—which can lead to stress and behavioral changes. In some cases, irresponsible whale watching has led to serious injury ...

Whale fecal plumes contain valuable nutrients like iron ... Phytoplankton feed zooplankton, tiny animals that live in surface waters, and both are critical food sources for many marine species such as ...

he's a free-living whale," said Mr Ree Wiig, an observer for the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission. "I think the situation now is the best one." For him keeping an animal in a closed-off ...