The carcass, reduced to a bony skeleton, measured about 6.5 feet and was surrounded by crawling creatures that fed on its ...

Baby whale sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries in marine science, but new research suggests their birthplaces may be ...

A whale carcass washed up on Pismo State Beach last week — and the cause of death is still unknown, according to the Marine Mammal Center. California State Parks rangers found the adult pygmy ...

— Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what ...

That makes them one of the rarest whale species on the planet, one that’s protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Their numbers, already low, are estimated to have fallen by 22% as a ...

A whale-watching tour company in Northern California captured rare footage of a dolphin super pod — featuring about 2,000 dolphins breaching off of the coast of Monterey. According to the ...

But environmental advocates worry the move could be the start of a broader reversal: Federal ocean scientists have until May to develop an analysis on the rare species, and whale advocacy groups ...

HEARTSTOPPING footage shows the moment two giant whales move in to protect a diver from a bloodthirsty shark. Benoît Girodeau ...

A Florida man caught a pair of rare right whales off the coast of Daytona Beach Shores while flying his drone. FOX 35's Kelsie Cairns has more.

University of Miami researchers with the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science say great whites are like ...

Pygmy sperm whales eat squid, octopus and crab in deep parts of temperate and tropical oceans across the world. “It’s rare to see a pygmy sperm whale wash ashore along the California coast as they are ...