Deep in ancient seas, a predator three times the size of today's great whites emerged, armed with jaws wide enough to swallow ...

A pod of orcas were chased by a group of humpback whales off the coast of California, a whale watching company said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A group of orcas was chased by humpback whales off the ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Whale entanglements in U.S. waters hit a record 95 cases in 2024, well above the historical average of 71 per year ...

Gray whales are everywhere in Depoe Bay. They’re on T-shirts and mugs and incorporated into the signs of whale-themed businesses along the main drag. There’s a whale museum and even a whale watching ...

The creatures, which ranged in size from that of a fox to more than 50 feet long, divided their time between the coast and the water Riley Black - Science Correspondent The first whales were ...

Lore of the ghostly whale skeleton, Bake-kujira, reveals an ominous twist of the marine giants. Lore of the ghostly whale skeleton, Bake-kujira, brings an ominous twist to stories of the revered ...

Southern resident killer whales have been caught on drone video crafting kelp tools to groom one another—an unprecedented behavior among marine mammals. This suggests a deeper social and cultural ...

Another dead whale has washed up along a Bay Area shoreline, this time in Richmond. The Marine Mammal Center said the latest death involves a sub-adult gray whale. "Gray whales feed up in the Arctic ...

Necropsy response efforts to figure out what is going on has been “challenging.” Six gray whales have died in the San Francisco Bay area in just the past week alone, bringing the total number of ...

The whale, named Calvin, had "severe entanglement wounds" when scientists last saw her Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...