The Benguela Current off the Namibian and South African coasts is a paradise for ocean life, large and small.Its cold, nutrient-rich waters are so productive that whales of immense sizes find an ...

Several North Atlantic right whales are back in Cape Cod Bay, leading the annual migration. Find out who showed up first this ...

Whale tourism in Timor-Leste is booming. Tour operators report a healthy number of sightings and full bookings in the peak ...

From now until April, humpback whales will stay off the coast of Mexico's Pacific states before heading north to Alaskan waters. (Carlos Alberto Carbajal/Cuartoscuro) The humpback whale migration ...

Scientists searching for novel ways to fight cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead tucked away inside the cells of the bowhead whale. The findings, published in the journal Nature, ...

Dr. Gruber is a marine biologist and the head of Project CETI. One afternoon in January 2024, off the island of Dominica in the Atlantic Ocean, a sperm whale named Pinchy and I drifted calmly at the ...

Rare tusked whales have been identified and photographed alive at sea for the first time following a herculean research effort off the shores of Mexico, a new study finds. The newly-sighted cetaceans ...

Change Is in the Air: The Hidden Discoveries of Eunice Newton Foote, the First Climate Scientist Mirtalipova’s parable-like account of the Aral Sea’s dwindling waters makes for a startling story of ...

A dead sperm whale that washed up on a Nantucket beach is making waves for local officials who are trying to move it. The 50-foot, 104,000-pound male sperm whale appeared on the island off ...

A humpback whale that has become a regular visitor to the Isles of Scilly has returned. The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust said had been visiting the islands in winter over several years, including in ...

A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving. By Mike Ives A dead sperm whale — the ...