Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue ...

Hawaiʻi’s offshore waters host roughly 8,000 short-finned pilot whales. On an ecosystem scale, their collective appetite is ...

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

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell the difference. Two adult sperm whales swim side by side in Dominica. The ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...