That's what happened to a group of kayakers recently when a baby humpback began splashing them in the waters near Maroubra in ...

A humpback whale delighted a group of kayakers in the waters around New South Wales, Australia. The calf stopped to check out ...

Unlike other baleens like the fin whale, humpback, and blue whale, the North Atlantic right whale has been slow to recover.

New England Aquarium researchers recently documented what they say was a rare sighting of an endangered fin whale and its calf. Scientists on a July 24 aerial survey flew over the Northeast Canyons ...

Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies, a voluntary program to reduce vessel speeds that started in the Santa Barbara Channel, ...

Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve of a dark smooth back sliding beneath the surface, or for the fortunate, ...

The critically endangered Atlantic right whale remains at high risk from boat strikes and entanglements, according to the New England Aquarium. Eleven Atlantic right whale calves were born in U.S.

Long baleen whale mothers are more likely to have female calves than males, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. The findings contradict a popular evolutionary theory ...

A gang of more than 60 orcas brutally attacked and killed a 59-foot-long (18 meters) pygmy blue whale, leaving a nearby whalewatching tour shocked, new video footage shows. The dramatic incident ...

A humpback whale calf nicknamed Skipper suffered a deep gash on its dorsal fin after a collision with a high-speed ferry near Vancouver’s English Bay. The incident has some calling for boats to take ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, according to scientists ...

Like many children, a baby humpback whale was recently overtaken by the immediate urge to play. Drone footage recently taken by Shaun Arthurson in the waters around New South Wales, Australia, shows ...