In an attempt to solve a “whale-sized” problem, Oregon officials blew up a beached whale with dynamite. What followed was ...

The rough play idea is also typically observed in juvenile whales to prepare them for adult competition for courtship and ...

Scientists have finally captured something long rumored but never proven: sperm whales headbutting each other. Using drone ...

In the natural world, survival isn’t just about strength or speed—it’s a high-stakes battle of wits, chemistry, and sometimes ...

Scientists studying stranded pygmy sperm whales have uncovered three previously unknown genotypes of Helicobacter bacteria ...

Reporter Paul Linnman and photographer Doug Brazil visited the Oregon Coast on November 12, 1970 during what eventually became known as the Exploding Whale Incident. (KATU) FLORENCE, Ore. (Amazing ...

As ICE creates new deportation centers, Newport, on the quirky, impossibly beautiful Oregon coast finds itself a battleground in Trump’s war on immigrants. It’s not alone as ICE plans for hosts of ...

On March 7, 1949, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were stationed on a boat called the R/V Atlantis that was sailing off the coast of Bermuda. They lowered a primitive ...

A dead whale washed up on the sand in Newport Beach on Wednesday, with authorities assessing how the mammal died — and how to get it off of the popular beach. The 27-foot whale was first spotted ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A 30-foot dead whale washed ashore in Newport Beach Wednesday, video from AIR7 showed. The humpback whale washed up on the shoreline near 11th Street. Experts estimate ...

The dead fin whale that was discovered on an Oregon beach Feb. 7 was a subadult that recently moved on from its mother but was not yet fully grown, officials said Feb. 11. Portland State University ...

A 46-foot fin whale that washed up on the Oregon coast on Saturday has been dead for “quite some time,” officials with the Seaside Aquarium said. The dead whale appeared on Sunset Beach, near ...