Warming ocean waters are shrinking whale feeding areas and increasing entanglement risk along the U.S. West Coast.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is cautioning the public about the remains of a whale off the Kona coast.

This is nature doing what it does to recycle essential nutrients into the marine ecosystem. It is our place as kanaka to be ...

Part of the Kona coast has quietly turned into a buffet for big predators after a decomposing sperm whale, or palaoa, drifted onto a lava flat near Makalawena and began shedding blubber into the surf.

DLNR said wind and ocean conditions recently moved the whale carcass to a lava flat along the coast, where large ocean predators like sharks, mahi-mahi, and dolphins are feeding on it.

Oiapoque is a sleepy town on the edge of the Amazon basin in Brazil’s northernmost tip. On weekdays fishermen haul their catch to the local market and indigenous people stream in from the rainforest ...

A widely publicized killer whale attack once seemed to explain why white sharks disappeared from a key aggregation site. Long-term tracking now suggests the reality is more nuanced. Killer whales (Orc ...

AVON, N.C. (WAVY) – A 4-year-old male North Atlantic right whale known as “Division” (#5217) was found dead off the coast of Avon, N.C., on Jan. 27. NOAA Fisheries reported the whale died as a result ...

The Australian Right Whale Research Study receives funding from the Minderoo Foundation and in kind support from many organisations and volunteers. For decades, southern right whales have been ...

If you've experienced a jolt of excitement when your phone buzzes, a rush from seeing a new parking space open up, or a flutter of hope before good news lands, you've experienced dopamine at work. But ...

A mother humpback whale and her calf swim in waters off Maui. The whales come to Maui every winter as part of their migration cycle. Photo courtesy National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration The ...

HOLLY BEACH, La. (KPLC) - One person was hurt when a natural gas pipeline exploded near Holly Beach and Johnson Bayou this morning, according to the Cameron Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness.