Second only in size to the blue whale, seeing a fin whale surface from the ocean's depths can leave you spellbound!

Visitors flocked to Long Beach for a chance to see a minke whale swimming around the city's Rainbow Harbor on Thursday. Jose and Aly Martinez were part of the crowd, hoping to catch a glimpse of ...

The whales, named Koala and Curlew, “appear to be in good health,” officials says. However, they face dangers from potentially deadly boat strikes due to being close to shore at a tourism hot spot, ...

Female right whales are known to migrate to Atlantic coastal waters off the Southeast U.S. coast to give birth to calves, but ...

The whales are now headed north. In just the last two weeks, three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay, one of which ...

"Whalefest Monterey" will bring two days of science talks and family activities to Old Fisherman's Wharf.

Concern is growing Friday among experts and the public alike over a whale trapped for several days in the Catalina Landing in ...

Whitehead explains that most of the nutritionally dense plankton lives near the surface of the ocean. When those plankton die, they sink — along with the nutrients. But sperm whales swim deep.

Maui whale rescue responder Ed Lyman and his partner, David Mattila, are well aware of the difficulties and dangers ...