A dead fin whale has been found on a beach. Beachgoers at Cefn Sidan, in Carmarthenshire, contacted Marine Environmental Monitoring on Monday, with reports of a very large stranding. When the animal ...

Madagascar’s Nosy Be was recently identified as a hotspot for whale sharks, which could boost the island’s ecotourism to ...

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

Dr. Aviad Scheinin from the University of Haifa's Morris Kahn Marine Research Station studied the footage and confirmed the groundbreaking observation. "This is the first documented sighting of a ...

From whales and dolphins, to arctic shorebirds and elephants, all are affected by rising temperatures, extreme weather, and ...

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 largest animal thought to ever live is swimming through the world’s oceans today. Blue whales can reach lengths of 100 feet, but one of their smaller relatives isn’t too far behind. Right whales, ...

In a scary movie, creatures that can't always be seen often provide the biggest frights for characters and viewers alike. In ...

Fossils found in a riverbed in Japan were revealed as a large, ancient ancestor of right whales. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming ...