Scientists following humpback whales once brought to the brink of extinction in the South Pacific made a fascinating discovery: Older males were more likely to become fathers and younger males were ...

A massive dead humpback whale that washed ashore in Newport Beach earlier this week was towed out to sea Friday after drifting back offshore overnight, and marine scientists used the rare stranding to ...

A dead 50-foot fin whale washed ashore Friday on an Ocean County beach, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The mammal was found in the surf in Barnegat Light at the northern tip of Long ...

On March 7, 1949, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were stationed on a boat called the R/V Atlantis that was sailing off the coast of Bermuda. They lowered a primitive ...

A whale-sized tragedy has washed up on a SoCal beach. Beachgoers spotted the body of a gnarly, rotting 10-ton humpback whale lying on Newport Beach Wednesday. The body of a 30-foot whale washed ashore ...

A dead whale washed up on the sand in Newport Beach on Wednesday, with authorities assessing how the mammal died — and how to get it off of the popular beach. The 27-foot whale was first spotted ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A 30-foot dead whale washed ashore in Newport Beach Wednesday, video from AIR7 showed. The humpback whale washed up on the shoreline near 11th Street. Experts estimate ...

Some Americans could get new Social Security lump sum payments now that several senators are pushing the Social Security Administration (SSA) to update their retroactive payments policy. Last year, ...

South of Santa Cruz, where coastal waters meet the open Pacific, are the deep waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. It's home to an amazing array of creatures: over 300 marine mammal ...

The Australian Right Whale Research Study receives funding from the Minderoo Foundation and in kind support from many organisations and volunteers. For decades, southern right whales have been ...

A 46-foot-long fin whale washed ashore in Clatsop County on the Oregon coast Saturday morning. Officials from the Seaside Aquarium said the whale had already been dead for some time before washing up ...

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 ...