BOSTON - Scientists are concerned after seeing nearly a quarter of the world's population of critically endangered North ...

BOSTON - Scientists are concerned after seeing nearly a quarter of the world's population of critically endangered North ...

North Atlantic right whales typically gather off Cape Cod and off Canadian shores. They were seen in July and August south of Long Island, New York.

In addition to studying the world’s only nonmigratory blue whales, marine biologist Asha de Vos seeks to change her compatriots’ attitudes toward the ocean.

NOAA spokeswoman Andrea Gomez told The Post a probe into “unusual mortality events” involving the endangered minke whale began back in 2017, following a spike in deaths up and down the ...

Since 2014, scientists have listened to a unique whale vocalization they call a “biotwang.” The call, which sounds a bit like squeaking metal, was first detected by an autonomous sea glider ...

In the wild, several types of whales have been spotted sleeping horizontally, close to the surface. But sperm whales seem to ...

Smaller pygmy sperm whales live in the ocean around South Carolina all year round, but other species pass through the Myrtle Beach area seasonally.

In 2014, researchers monitoring acoustic recordings from the Mariana Archipelago picked up an unusual whale vocalization with both low- and high-frequency components. It seemed to be a whale call ...

A new study in Nature reports that baleen whales evolved unique structures in their larynx that enable their low-frequency vocalizations, but also limit their communication range. The study was ...

"This multi-month grouping of whales south of Long Island is very unusual." The critically endangered whales were seen in the Hudson Canyon and Block Canyon areas south of Long Island, the ...