Pygmy sperm whales have a bizarre defense mechanism that is volatile, but highly effective in blinding and deterring predators.

Here you can spot gray, blue and humpback whales, dolphin pods, sea lions and sharks while enjoying a luxurious beachside vacation.

Hidden inside that snot are clues as to how changes in the environment could affect the immune system of beluga whales and their resiliency to climate change.

Researchers from Mystic Aquarium are heading to the icy tundras of Canada to study beluga breath. That’s the white-plume mixture of water cells, proteins and lung fluid that whales exhale when they ...

Indonesian scientists have attached a satellite tag onto an endangered pygmy blue whales for the first time by drone. The tag ...

A 46-foot fin whale that washed up on the Oregon coast on Saturday has been dead for “quite some time,” officials with the Seaside Aquarium said. The dead whale appeared on Sunset Beach, near ...

SEASIDE, Ore. — A 46-foot-long fin whale washed ashore dead on an Oregon coast beach Saturday morning, Seaside Aquarium said. The whale was found north of Sunset Beach near Warrenton. The aquarium ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A dead whale washed up on a beach near Warrenton along the Oregon coast on Saturday morning, according to the Seaside Aquarium. According to the aquarium, the 46-foot fin whale ...

S1: Welcome in San Diego , it's Jade Hindman on today's show , the wonder of watching whales in San Diego. This is KPBS Midday Edition. Connecting our communities through conversation. You know , San ...

An integral part of whale watching, Capt. Rick Podolak explained as we zipped out of North San Diego Bay past Point Loma, is establishing trust. That and a fast vessel, good timing and luck. All of ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California coast could soon become safer for migrating whales. For more than a decade, a program called Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies has worked with shipping companies to ...