Japan's Fisheries Agency announced on Nov. 22 that it will adjust its 2025 commercial whaling quotas, raising the minke whale catch limit from 25 to 56 while reducing the Bryde's whale quota from ...

Baleen whales captured to study their hearing for the first time Surprising ultrasonic hearing linked to predator evasion discovered Findings may reshape ocean noise ...

Located at the tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown offers some of the best whale watching on the East Coast. Humpback and minke whales are frequent visitors, and the iconic Stellwagen Bank National Marine ...

Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and devouring their livers. By Jason Bittel Off Baja California in Mexico, a ...

New Yorkers enjoyed a rare whale sighting on Monday after one was spotted swimming under the Brooklyn Bridge. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the sighting to the Gothamist on Tuesday. At the time ...

you are likely to see mothers swimming with their newborn calves and some whales breaching the water for that prized photograph. If there is a lack of activity in the bay, however, your boat may ...

Marine biologists have documented a remarkable hunting strategy employed by killer whales in the southern Gulf of California, in which they harvest whale sharks' organs. Researchers in Mexico have ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass ...