The incident highlights a much bigger crisis: an estimated 20,000 whales are struck and killed by ships each year.

The recently launched system involves two thermal cameras that can detect gray whales up to four miles away, giving ships ...

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship pulled into port in Seward, Alaska, carrying a grim and unexpected passenger on its bow.

Since 2008, rules requiring ships to slow down to avoid collisions with North Atlantic right whales have reduced fatalities of the critically endangered animals. Now, NOAA is calling the regulations ...

Researchers found a huge whale graveyard dating back millions of years, with fossils, modern carcasses and deep-sea scavengers, some of which may be new to science.

Authorities say the whale found on the bow of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship had injuries consistent with being hit by a ...

Scientists have documented a whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean with some carcasses dating back 5.3 million years, and it's ...

Whale lovers and ship pilots unite! Thanks to a scientific coalition and a new company operating in San Francisco Bay, ...

Antarctic krill are tiny, but they support whales, penguins, seals, seabirds, fish, and the wider Southern Ocean food web. As ...