The research, published in the journal Science this week, marks the first time anyone has quantified worldwide risk of ...

A 47-foot fin whale that washed ashore near downtown Anchorage last weekend has become what one naturalist described as an ...

Imagine you are a blue whale swimming up the California coast, as you do every spring. You are searching for krill in the ...

The footage, taken by Bluefin Charters out of St Ives, dramatically captures a dark fin slicing through the water behind an ...

Scientists temporarily captured baleen whales and tested their hearing, a step that some activists said could lead to the ...

Robinson said there have been smaller studies on the risk of ship strikes in different regions, but the study published ...

Despite high-profile accidents, a comprehensive global picture of the risks posed by shipping to whales has remained elusive.

A young female fin whale carcass was found washed up on a coastal trail in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, Nov. 16. The endangered whale measured to nearly 47 feet, whereas a full grown whale can ...

A study of hot spots for collisions between ships and whales around the world, including Canadian waters, offers a map for ...

Of all the kinds of whales that could have washed onto the Anchorage mudflats, a fin whale is one of the most mysterious. Whale strandings are fairly routine in Alaska. But the latest, in which a ...