PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two different populations of killer whales that live in the North Pacific are now thought to be different species, a new study published by the Royal Society shows. Phil ...

Some whales of the Western U.S. will retain protections, and the moratorium on whaling remains in effect, but the National Marine Fisheries Service says most humpback whale populations have recovered.

For the first time in over a century, one of the rarest whales in the world appeared off the northwest coast of Ireland. It ...

A group of volunteers that's been counting of migrating gray whales since 1979 has spotted hundreds this year. See our list of SoCal viewing spots and tours.

Caribbean and Pacific whales have different repertoires of codas, like a regional dialect, but the "Five Regular" call -- a pattern of five evenly spaced clicks -- is thought to have the universal ...

ROCKPORT — Preventing endangered northern right whales from becoming entangled in lobster gear could be as simple as changing the color of rope, a whale researcher says.