Each year, humpback whales make their long trip from Antarctica up past Australia's coast. But the journey that once followed ancient paths has become a maze of man-made hazards. What's ...

This animated map shows how different whale populations were systematically slaughtered between 1900 and 2011. But there’s a bright spot: California’s blue whales are doing great!

Whales, the biggest animals on the planet, are also among the hardest to find. They spend most of their time submerged and unseen. But not unheard: Whales are noisy animals that flood the oceans ...

People look at a dead gray whale at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif., in May 2019, a year when 122 gray whales died in the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

To mark World Whale Day February 20, the Worldwide Fund for Nature, WWF, has issued a new report and global map on where whales travel - whale superhighways.

A new forecasting tool will help scientists predict blue whale traffic, as the ocean behemoths make their annual migration. The tool allows researchers to post online maps showing likely “hot ...

The map has tracks from beaked whales, sperm whales, false killer whales and pygmy killer whales migrating around the islands. The wind and ocean surface current data come from NOAA's awesome ...

Rutgers University scientists are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence in a new way, one they hope can help protect one of the world's most endangered whale species, the North American ...

The map is based on the latest whale stock assessments by NOAA Fisheries, also known as the National Marine Fisheries Service. Some of Oregon’s less common whale species highlighted on the map: ...

It’s a whale of a trail. Those interested in exploring Massachusetts’ maritime history and the state’s connection to some remarkable sea creatures now have a route to follow: the ...

Nine recent whale deaths in New York and New Jersey have prompted several New Jersey GOP lawmakers to question whether the deaths were linked to development of a major offshore wind farm. Experts ...

Fin whale. What Kuna found was that many of the sounds, especially the 189-decibel fin whale utterances, are converted from sound waves into seismic waves when they hit the ocean floor, and are ...