Populations of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus), playful animals that resemble large dolphins, stretch ...

Oregon State Police approached the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians to discuss the fate of a young humpback whale that ...

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A global treaty has extended trade protections to more than 70 shark and ray species whose numbers are in sharp decline.

Humpback whales are thriving again. They switch foods, use creative hunting, and enter new waters. Their flexibility helps ...

Whale watchers in Madeira captured the astonishing moment orcas took down the deep-diving marine mammal. The predatory ...

Discover more about the special animals that each of the 50 states chose, their conservation status, and their significance.

Tucked between the mountains and the sea in Anchorage sits a bargain hunter’s paradise so legendary that Alaskans will drive ...

Scientists confirmed that West Coast transient killer whales actually form two separate groups split between inner and outer coastal habitats. Inner-coast whales hunt smaller prey in shallow, ...

In this photo provided by Charvet Drucker, a seal rests on her boat in the Saratoga passage between Camano and Whidbey Island, on Nov. 2 north of Seattle, Wash. Charvet Drucker photo via AP SEATTLE — ...