Another whale has died after becoming beached off the coast of the Jersey Shore, according to officials with the Marine ...

Marine Mammal Stranding Center officials are scrambling to find a landing spot for a whale that died at the Forsythe National ...

Two orcas harpooned in front of a group of whale watchers puts a spotlight on St. Vincent's controversial whaling practice.

Kristy Burgess, who worked at the Niagara Falls, Ont., park when a young beluga was put down in February, said Marineland's ...

The endangered whales face multiple threats, from a lack of their primary food, chinook salmon, to underwater noise from vessels that makes it harder to hunt, as well as pollution and inbreeding.

Just 74 southern resident orcas remain, as of the latest count by the Center for Whale Research. The count has hovered around this low point for several years.

The latest survey of endangered southern resident killer whales confirms their plateau and gradual slide toward disappearance ...

An endangered killer whale named "Tahlequah," which famously carried her dead calf on her head in mourning for 17 days through the Salish Sea off British Columbia in 2018, is a new mother.

New study links shipping noise pollution to higher mortality, lower birth rates for killer whales, but offers market solutions to address it.

The endangered southern resident orcas just got a hopeful boost: researchers confirmed a new calf, J64, born to first-time mom J42. Why it matters: Every birth — and death — carries outsized weight ...

Killer whales are among the ocean’s most powerful predators. They can prey on stingrays, seals, porpoises, and even massive baleen whales. They are also known for disrupting great white sharks and ...