Scientists have been aware for some time that whales contribute to marine ecosystems by "recycling" nutrients. However, the exact impact on ocean productivity was unclear and had not been studied ...

Scientists believe there are fewer than 100, and possibly fewer than 50, Rice’s whales remaining. Rice’s whales can measure up to 41 feet long and weigh up to 60,000 pounds. The species is also ...

Rockaway residents woke up to the putrid smell of decaying flesh as New York recorded its first whale fatality of the year. It's the second death of the year in New York Bight, which stretches from ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Southern right whales—once driven to near-extinction by industrial hunting in the 19th and 20th centuries—have long been regarded as a conservation success. After the International Whaling Commission ...

VIRGINIA - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has responded to a young North Atlantic right whale found dead and washed up on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. NOAA says the Virginia Aquarium ...

Xactus has acquired Baleen Solutions, integrating automated income analysis technology into its Xactus360 platform to help lenders process complex self-employed borrower profiles more efficiently. AI ...

Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the largest animal that’s ever existed on Earth—and that includes dinosaurs.

A group of divers were observing a large school of sardines when a Bryde's whale suddenly appeared Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Trump administration has repeatedly blamed offshore wind farms for whale deaths, ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Fossils found in a riverbed in Japan were revealed as a large, ancient ancestor of right whales. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming ...