Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

Accomack County deputies had some help capturing a suspected child predator. Matthew Thomas, 20, was arrested at the library in Parksley, and it was thanks to an independent organization, which ...

SUNSET BEACH, N.C. (WBTW) — A juvenile humpback whale was found dead at a North Carolina beach near the South Carolina border last week, the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network said. Killer whale ...

While juvenile blue whales are at high risk of ... In the ages preceding the rise of the whaling industry, humans could only obtain blue whale meat and blubber when a beaching occurred.