Baleen whales shift huge amounts of nutrients, including nitrogen, from high-latitude feeding waters to tropical breeding ...

Thousands of gray whales now migrating north from Baja California are in such poor shape and so few calves were born this winter that researchers and others worry they may be witnessing another ...

The long saga of the 48-foot whale that washed up on the shores of Cook Inlet in November continued this week.

They are “fast swimmers” and usually travel in groups of two to seven while feeding on small schools ... for the group to see the two fin whales, four gray whales, 50 bottlenose dolphins ...

Video footage shows one whale — with its distinctive dorsal fin — breaching the surface. The other whale can be seen filter ...

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus), for example, are known to forage for invertebrates on the seafloor ...

The more than 40-foot-long whale washed up on Long Beach, about four miles north of Seaview. Biologists spent all day Monday trying to determine how the whale died.

Each year, gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) complete one of the most impressive journeys in the animal kingdom. They travel thousands of miles between their Arctic feeding grounds and the ...

People walking by have been stopping to marvel at the grey whale that is feeding near the shore ... and they don't have a big dorsal fin, so they're hard to spot,” said Gless.