And now more than ever, the odds of seeing a whale or two have increased significantly. "I've never seen a blue whale in the wild out here my whole life until, you know, the first part of the 2000 ...

A 24-year-old kayaker was briefly swallowed by a whale before being spat out... unharmed.His father filmed the entire scene.

Aerial footage showing the close association between blue whale mother and calf, in the South Taranaki Bight, New Zealand. Credit: Leigh Torres/ Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Laboratory (GEMM ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

Check out some amazing footage of blue whales racing in our exclusive clip from NBC's Tom Hanks-narrated The Americas Ep. 9: ...

Several whale species are listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species as ‘vulnerable’, ‘endangered’ or ‘critically endangered’. These include the sei, ...

The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and humpback whales that cruise the coast during their annual migrations.

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species. There ...

The 10th season of the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies (BWBS) Program in 2024 achieved impressive environmental results: It reduced the risk of deadly ship strikes to endangered whales by 50%, ...