Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

An annual whale report released by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium on October 22, 2025, made waves in the ...

Blue whales were once almost lost as a species due to worldwide commercial whaling activities in the early 1900s. "It was subject to whaling so humans almost drove it extinct," said Catherine Kilduff, ...

The rib belonged to a zygorhiza, a toothed whale that lived 34 to 38 million years ago and grew up to 18 feet long. Whale ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...

Scientists used drones to sample the breath of whales and showed that the microbes in that breath track the animals’ health.

New England Aquarium researchers recently documented what they say was a rare sighting of an endangered fin whale and its calf. Scientists on a July 24 aerial survey flew over the Northeast Canyons ...

The estimated population of the critically endangered whale that traverses N.C. coastal waters has ticked up slightly for the ...

How do whales impact the environment? The answer might surprise you. A visiting speaker at Utah State University explains his ...