Rescuers with the Sea World Foundation say they recently freed a humpback whale entangled in fishing line off the New South ...

THE NUMBER OF LARGE WHALE entanglements off U.S. coasts jumped sharply in 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last week.

According to a new report by NOAA Fisheries, the number of large whale entanglements recorded by the agency in 2024 was ...

A 20-foot minke whale died Aug. 2 in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, after being struck by a boat, which nearly capsized and forced a passenger overboard, according to officials. The whale was first spotted ...

A whale that collided with a small boat and knocked a woman overboard at the Jersey Shore has died, officials said. The incident occurred around 3:40 p.m. Saturday in Barnegat Bay near Long Beach ...

In some whales, males compete for access to mates, but the advantage of being big may be more consistent for females.

You don't hear the impending arrival of a whale at first; you feel it. There's a shift in the atmosphere, a sudden silence, and then a blow with a breath so heavy that it cuts through the air with ...

A new scientific study has revealed a worrying rise in baleen whale strandings along India’s southwest coast, pointing to ...

Preliminary necropsy findings show the minke whale that collided with a boat in the Barnegat Bay was in thin condition and had an empty stomach. The whale likely entered the bay through Barnegat Inlet ...

A seal miraculously survived after getting scooped up into a humpback whale's mouth last week, leading to an incredible photo from whale watchers on a nearby boat tour in western Washington last week.

The U.S. Large Whale Entanglement Response Network, made up of federal, state, tribal and nonprofit experts, responds to ...