Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior. The ...

With warm — relative to Alaska — spring waters, migratory rest-stops and great feeding grounds, Los Angeles County’s coast is considered part of the “Blue Highway,” a crucial whale migration corridor ...

In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with the teeth of another killer whale. In 2024, it ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. It’s whale watching season, which always makes me think of the novel Moby-Dick. In the book, Captain Ahab chased a ...

A 20-million-year-old whale fossil has been dug up from an Australian beach after a family stumbled across the extremely rare, “mind-blowing” relic while they were on vacation. The remnants of the ...

On Friday we featured footage showing a juvenile whale shark swimming lazily along the Costa Rica shoreline in emerald waters that made the scene appear idyllic. The footage was captured by Jesus ...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (KHON2) — State officials are warning people to stay out of the water on the Kona coast after a dead sperm whale drifted close to shore and started breaking apart. Whale carcass ...

Plastic pollution has claimed another victim. This time it's a rare pygmy sperm whale off the coast of Honduras. The incident highlights how throwaway items can have consequences far beyond our daily ...

In 2021 and 2023, hundreds of dolphins were stranded in shallow waters in San Antonio Bay in northern Patagonia. Some died, but many were returned safely to the sea. But what remained a mystery until ...

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...