Japan’s new whaling mothership departed on its first expedition as the country plans to expand its commercial hunts.

Fewer than 370 North Atlantic right whales survive today, and ship strikes remain one of the most preventable threats they ...

On June 19, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship arrived in Seward, Alaska, with a dead 61-foot pregnant fin whale on its bow. NOAA Fisheries Alaska and other experts conducted a necropsy, and preliminary ...

Insights from a recently held global collaboration workshop on fatal whale-vessel strikes are poised to strengthen protections for the magnificent creatures around the world. Co-hosted by UC Santa ...

MEJILLONES, Chile (Reuters) – Increased activity by the fin whale – the world’s second-largest whale species – along Chile’s northern coast during feeding season is highlighting a growing threat of ...

A container ship docking in New Jersey arrived with a grim and disgusting slab of cargo: a dead whale draped across its bow. How an endangered animal ended up lazily slopped on top of a steel freight ...

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is investigating the death of a whale found caught on a ship's bow in Camden County, New Jersey. The center said the whale, which was tentatively identified as a Fin ...

Ferries, cargo ships, and tankers cut through choppy waters in the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday as a whale surfaced nearby, its spout barely visible against the whitecaps. Until now, whales could ...