The Kruzof stranding wasn’t the only one this summer. A second beaked whale was found beached in Yakutat in early June.

Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler waters.

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. — A large great white shark was recently spotted feeding on a dead whale off the coast of New England, providing a rare look at one of the ocean’s top predators in action. The ...

In 1970, officials in Oregon thought they had found the perfect solution to a massive whale carcass that had washed ashore: ...

A dead fin whale arrived in Seward on the bulbous bow of a cruise ship on Friday, according to NOAA Fisheries.

A cruise ship arrived at a dock in Seward, Alaska, with a dead endangered fin whale on its bow, officials said.

Is 2026 on track to be the most fatal year for gray whales? So far 30 whales have been found dead on Washington coasts.

Three dead gray whales were found on Grays Harbor County shores this week, bringing the total number of gray whale deaths to 30 in Washington state in 2026. A female whale was found off Ocean Shores, ...

A new study details a whale necropolis stretching over 750 miles of seafloor in the southeastern Indian Ocean. Across 33 dives, a team of scientists discovered 476 whale fossils, five carcasses, and ...

The Whales Were Piling Up for Millions of YearsHearst Owned "Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." “Whale falls are biodiversity oases at seabeds, ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two humpback whales that were found washed up dead on beaches along Monterey Bay earlier this month tested positive for domoic acid, a naturally occurring toxin produced by harmful ...