Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

One of the most unique about whales is that they're the largest animals to ever exist on Earth — even bigger than the largest ...

Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a ...

Lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear is one of the biggest threats ... but protects right whales from the deadly fishing gear entanglements driving this species towards extinction ...

That's because it is one of the world's largest whale sanctuaries, with more than 20 different species of cetaceans that either call the archipelago home or pass through during their yearly ...

A pair of rare and critically endangered whales has journeyed past their usual course, appearing in the Gulf Coast where they ...

Court Restores Protections for Endangered Whale Species to Prevent Entanglement ... Lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale ...

Lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale ... The closure “affects only a handful of lobstermen for three months but protects right ...