The Trump administration is on the verge of gutting the Endangered Species Act. Holly Jones says there's still time to weigh ...

Juneau is a refuge for humpback whale moms and their calves, but the sheer number of whale watching boats may be harming them ...

In December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a dozen mega cruise ships were stationed in Bahía de La Paz, Baja ...

A grey whale known as Little Patch has been mesmerizing onlookers in the waters off of Vancouver for weeks, sparking a sense ...

The search for intelligent life is looking in the wrong direction. There are billions of stars in our galaxy, some of them ...

You might not want to think too much about all the whales that have urinated in the ocean the next time you go to the beach, ...

There was so much life in the area — baitfish, diving birds, dozens of dolphins — and then we saw it,” said Kim Jones, dean ...

A study suggests that baleen whale urine serves a crucial role in marine ecosystems, stimulating phytoplankton growth and ...

Even biologists only capture a glimpse of the lives of whales. There are still many species whose lives are largely a mystery ...

When scientists label a whale’s death as part of an unusual mortality event, or UME, that doesn’t mean that the whale’s cause of death is a mystery. It means that more whales are ...

Brunswick Community College students experienced a rare sighting of a humpback whale at the mouth of the Cape Fear River near ...

Students in North Carolina witnessed a surprising humpback whale swimming among dolphins during a routine research trip led by Dr. Kimberly Jones.