South Texas beachgoers had an unexpected encounter last week when a dead baby whale was found washed up on shore. A four-foot pygmy sperm whale was stranded on South Padre Island. The tiny whale was ...

Newborn right whale calves have arrived with their moms in Cape Cod Bay, kicking off one of the migration’s most anticipated moments.

A new addition to the Pacific Northwest’s humpback whale population arrived in the Salish Sea this week. Whale watchers spotted a new whale calf Wednesday afternoon, in Haro Strait, between Canada’s ...

Whale researchers combined modern-day sightings with 19 th century records and are revealing new information about when and where humpback whales give birth along a busy “humpback highway” off ...

Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to keep them alive.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 39-year-old man is still missing after he was sent into a Washington river. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) A Southern Resident ...

A Southern Resident killer whale has been spotted clinging to her dead baby in the Salish Sea off northern Washington, a conservation group said. J-36, also known as Alki, was seen Sept. 12 in the ...