Despite their underwater habitat, whales are mammals. Mammals are not solely terrestrial; some, including whales and dolphins, are fully aquatic the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology reports.

Whales are gathering in large numbers off New Jersey in a portion of the Atlantic Ocean called the New York Bight, according to several sources.

The researchers took swabs from the white shark's bite wounds and sequenced for any genetic material that the predator may ...

When certain algae flourish in the sea, they produce neurotoxins that can sicken both humans and marine animals. Acute ...

Scientists don't know whether orcas kill for fun. The marine mammals do some things, like killing and tossing dead porpoises in the air, that raise that question. But while playing catch with a ...

Scientists confirm that orcas and dolphins have lost the ability to return to dry land due to irreversible evolutionary ...

Conservation groups are praising a recent decision to reinstate protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales in a ...

This is one reason that a grid or list on a boat company's site, a page that features recent sightings, can be so delightful; ...

Learn about one of the ocean's most iconic and captivating creatures in the world, the humpback whale. Read more on the blog.

A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.