Whale was earlier discovered in shallow waters off Lantau Island, but declared dead a day later as authorities scrambled to ...

Wellington: New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only seven specimens have ever been documented. The ...

The week-long dissection offers a unique opportunity to study a deep-sea mammal that has never been seen alive.

A whale stranded in Hong Kong waters has died, hours after authorities found it wounded and in a weak condition. Experts ...

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department revealed on Monday that Hong Kong's shallow waters was a factor ...

An injured whale that died after being stranded in Tai O might have been hurt or fallen sick before entering Hong Kong waters ...

One of the killer whale’s most distinguishing features is its saddle patch: an area of gray or white coloration behind its dorsal fin. Each killer whale has a distinct saddle patch, just as humans ...

Scripps Oceanography graduate student Shannon Dolan recovers a mooring with camera component. These moorings are used by the ...

Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and devouring their livers. By Jason Bittel Off Baja California in Mexico, a ...

A pod of orcas off the coast of Mexico appears to have learned new skills that help them hunt whale sharks — the world’s largest fish, scientists say. A study published Friday in the journal ...