The plan was to lift the whale from the seabed using inflatable cushions and transport it with pontoons back to the North Sea or possibly as far as the Atlantic Ocean. Efforts to rescue a humpback ...

Saturday's tragic discovery of a dead juvenile gray whale in the Willapa River in Pacific County points to a bigger crisis. Washington’s gray whale population has dropped by more than 50% in the past ...

The juvenile whale had swum about 20 miles inland into the Willapa River. Researchers say it’s part of surge in gray whale deaths. A gray whale seen swimming in the Willapa River in Southwest ...

"Every single Hawksbill sea turtle is precious … we must protect them from extinction," said the Bermagui Veterinary Clinic Mudgeroo Wombat & Wildlife Refuge/Facebook Bear, a critically endangered ...

A massive adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed ashore near Beach Pocket Park #3 in Galveston on March 7, triggering an urgent rescue effort along the Texas Gulf Coast. The turtle — the world’s ...

The 16th annual Whalefest will center on Monterey’s historic Old Fisherman’s Wharf and the Custom House Plaza. For serious whale enthusiasts, it’s a must-attend, with marine scientists sharing their ...

While Dana Point's yearly whale-inspired extravaganza has been around for over half a century, and another five years on top of that, we can confidently say that whales have been doing their thing for ...

The charming enclave of Mendocino, perched on the roaring ocean like a history-soaked village in a (non-scary) Stephen King novel, will fire up the start of the whale festivities. Note that most of ...

It’s that time of year, when beautiful, barnacle-covered behemoths migrate right off the coast of California. To celebrate the passage of gray whales, Northern California will hold several whale ...

Barnacle cement can withstand pressures of up to 5,000 pounds per square inch. The cyprid larva stage creates a biological deadline that dictates permanent attachment failure. Scientists discovered ...