After an endangered fin whale washed up at Ten Mile Beach along the Mendocino coast last week, scientists determined that this member of the second-largest whale species on the planet was killed by a ...

In 2007, whalers in Alaska killed a whale that had a Victorian-era explosive harpoon embedded in its neck. Here are the incredible details.

A recent ocean expedition found that these strange "biotwang" noises were detected several times when Bryde's whales were ...

A group of whale-watching tourists got more than they bargained for in a recent trip off Australia's coast. A massive whale circled a boat near Sydney for nearly an hour Aug. 16, leaving the 21 ...