A baby whale’s inaugural cruise through Big Apple waters ended in tragedy over the weekend after its slashed and bloodied body beached on the shores of New Jersey. The still-breathing behemoth ...

Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to keep them alive.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- The beaches may be closed, but whales are still frolicking off the coast of Orange County in southern California. Incredible video shot by a whale-watching boat captured a ...

Drone footage shows a baby humpback splashing kayakers in the waters nears Maroubra in New South Wales, Australia Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

LAGUNA BEACH, CA -- Breathtaking video captured a mother gray whale and her calf gliding under a boat off the coast of Laguna Beach on Sunday. The close encounter was caught on video from aboard ...

A rare pygmy sperm whale has been found stranded on a Welsh beach. Despite the best efforts of experts who were called in to save it, the baby whale, which was discovered on Trearddur Bay in Anglesey, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Researchers identified the growing amount of plastic pollution as the culprit behind the recent death of a ...

Baby humpback whales seem to whisper to their mothers, according to scientists who have captured the infant whales' quiet grunts and squeaks. The recordings, described in the journal Functional ...

A humpback whale known for freeing itself off the coast of California was spotted, a whale watching company said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A baby humpback whale known for freeing itself from an ...