Scientists have proven a mammal that was believed to be a whale subspecies is actually a new species entirely, and the new species is critically endangered. Researchers took a closer look at the ...

Compared to other marine animals, whales have been understudied. Spending their lives in the open ocean, sometimes in very ...

One of the world’s rarest whales lives in only one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand oil and gas drilling that scientists fear could push the giant mammal to ...

Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species ...