Scientists study whale snot to track health of North Atlantic right whales and protect this endangered species from decline.

A dead sperm whale weighing more than 100,000 pounds washed up on a Nantucket beach, but a local nonprofit says it can't be ...

We use the latest media reports of a dead sperm whale washed up on Nantucket beach in Massachusetts to examine how to remove ...

One reason dinosaurs are so popular with schoolchildren is that many of them are so extraordinarily big. Tyrannosaurus rex, a meat-eater, was up to 12 metres long—about half the length of a tennis ...

NEW YORK (AP) — There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip ...

A 40- to 50-foot male, sperm whale washed up on a Nantucket beach Sunday. Rarely seen in New England, it's the third sperm ...

The heaviest animal to have ever lived may have been an ancient colossal whale that was recently discovered in Peru, scientists said. Scientists have been digging up massive fossils of the new species ...

The death of a humpback whale on the Oregon Coast earlier this month brought together local residents, scientists and tribal ...

A dead 60-foot fin whale washed up on a shore in Ireland on Sunday. Researchers came to collect samples and perform a necropsy on the large animal. However, the project had to be abandoned out of ...

Paleontologists in Peru have described an ancient species of whale that was way heavier than a blue whale. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

While beached whales are not rare in Oregon, it’s uncommon to see healthy whales wash up alive. In a cruel irony, had the ...

A young beached whale on the Oregon Coast was euthanized despite efforts to save it, KATU 2 reported on Monday.