A minke whale that had been swimming in the Long Beach Harbor died from domoic acid poisoning, tests show. The poisoning is associated with the toxic algae bloom that has sickened and killed other ...

ALAMEDA — A dead gray whale was found rolling in the surf off Alameda South Shore Beach, according to the Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences. The whale marks the fourth ...

Called filter feeding, they feed by taking in great mouthfuls of water, which are filtered through their baleen plates. The baleen plates catch the krill or fish, which the whale then swallows. Baleen ...

Blue Whale. Photo by Todd Cravens, via Unsplash. In the vast, mysterious depths of our oceans, whales have been singing their complex songs for millions of years. These marine mammals communicate ...

Along with restoring the sculpture, first installed in 1982, the project will include the addition of a companion baby whale (where the orange outline visible in the photo was drawn). Using state ...

However, some species – such as the blue whale – are lunge feeders and lunge at speed through huge clouds of krill to feed in mass quantities. Unlike toothed whales, baleen whales are usually ...

The carcass of a gray whale washed up on Alameda's South Shore Beach on Monday morning. The cause of death is still being determined. This is the fifth whale to die in the Bay area in recent weeks.

Hawaiian Adventures Kona offers whale watching tours but recently made a pit stop to help clean up the environment, according to Big Island Now. During a trip, visitors found a large ghost net ...

A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning associated with a toxic algal bloom that has stricken many other sea creatures, according to ...

Have you ever wondered what would happen in an epic underwater face-off between a giant squid and a sperm whale? Though rarely sighted by human eyes, these two giants of the ocean go head-to-head ...