In addition to confirming the whole genome of the animal, it also linked this elusive species to a well-recorded whale song.

Researchers have identified ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first time after years of searching, and in ...

After five years of searching, researchers have finally identified and photographed a rare tusked whale off the shores of ...

Researchers from the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, and the U.S. military's Naval Information Warfare ...

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians harvested parts of a humpback whale that beached in Yachats, the first whale ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. PORTLAND, Maine — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of ...

A massive gang of over 60 orcas was seen brutalizing an endangered pygmy blue whale off the coast of Western Australia by a ...

A rare white whale was recently spotted off the coast of New Zealand, and experts believe it may be the elusive Migaloo. Photo from Georgia Phelps Georgia Phelps hopped in her car and hightailed it ...

Scientists have captured rare footage of remoras, also known as sucker fish, hitching rides on humpback whales off the coast of Australia ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the ...