A dead 50-foot fin whale washed ashore Friday on an Ocean County beach, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The ...

Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a ...

Pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) are among the ocean's most enigmatic inhabitants—rarely seen and largely unstudied. They live far offshore in small groups, diving in search of squid and fish.

The drive to Halibut Point takes you through quintessential New England coastal towns, with Rockport itself being worth its own day trip. But once you turn onto Gott Avenue and approach the park ...

Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and ...

This traveling exhibition features a life-sized blue whale skeleton, a full-scale heart model, hands-on games, and interactive experiences.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established in 1946 to prevent the collapse of several species that had been hunted to near extinction over the preceding centuries. In 1986, after long ...

Seventy-seven years after its recording, WHOI recovered what could be the first humpback whale song captured on audio. It was labeled "fish noises." ...

New research has demonstrated how shifting climates are disrupting the diets of multiple whale species. The study, published ...

Levels of legacy PFAS “forever chemicals” are falling in North Atlantic long-finned pilot whales after industry phaseouts, ...

Torngat Mountains National Park in Labrador, Canada, is beautiful, with snowcapped mountains and glacier-fed lakes, and only about 600 people visit annually.