Five loggerhead turtles washed up on various parts of the west coast earlier this year have been returned to warmer waters by the Naval Service. The five turtles - including Columbus, found by Mayo ...

These spooky animals seem like the stuff of science fiction, but they really exist. Truth is stranger than fiction!

If you love the ocean and its creatures as much as we do- you have to head out to Newport Beach for some incredible whale and dolphin sightings… we had 500-700 dolphins surrounding us (including mamas ...

Sperm whales sleep vertically as if standing up, making them look like they're frozen mid-dance in the middle of the ocean.

Rice’s whale is the only baleen whale species that lives year round in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in the continental ...

The massive, gray sperm whales that turned up off the West Coast are evidence that protections can help. For their part, the ...

Experts speculate that orcas may be playing when they ram boats so hard they sink—a phenomenon that’s mostly been documented ...

Carrying and looking after young is a demanding task, and bigger, longer females have more stored fat to tap for the job. The ...

In some whales, males compete for access to mates, but the advantage of being big may be more consistent for females.

While orcas, also known as "killer whales," are a common sight in the northeast Pacific Ocean, they’re rarely detected in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, where little is understood about pods that swim ...

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There are few experiences more humbling than watching a whale surface just a few yards away, its massive body gliding t ...