Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Small whales, dolphins and porpoises are hunted for commercial and subsistence purposes across the globe. They are killed for human consumption, fisheries bait, and to reduce the perceived competition ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries permit No. 18786 photo Six of 10 small whales that beached themselves at Sugar Beach on Thursday morning were coaxed back into deeper ...

The gray whales are on their annual migration path between breeding grounds in Mexico and feeding grounds off the coast of ...

Whales can become caught in rope that runs between shellfish creels on the seabed to a buoy on the surface. Trials have been done using "ropeless creels" which have the main line in a container along ...

The isolated Cook Inlet beluga whale population must also contend with the increasingly perilous and industrialized waters near Anchorage, Alaska's most populated and fastest-growing city. Belugas are ...