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A day after 230 whales were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state of Tasmania, only 35 are still alive despite rescue efforts that were to continue Thursday.

Amazing video shows a whale breaching in Boston Harbor on Monday.

A humpback whale was spotted breaching in Boston Harbor on Monday.

Boaters are encouraged to stay at least 100 feet away from the whales, to keep speeds down and to turn off their motors when whales are nearby.

Three juvenile humpback whales have been feeding off the bait fish off Manomet Point and Whitehorse Beach for the past seven to 10 days

A paddleboarder off the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts, caught video of a whale bumping into a boat.

Pacifica residents woke up to a dead whale washed ashore that drew crowds from across the Bay Area. Marine experts were able to conduct valuable information about the mammal.

Two of five pilot whales that were found stranded just off Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, have died

Federal officials are implementing a new slow zone off Massachusetts to try to protect a rare species of whale. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration created the slow zone south of Nantucket on Sept. 11. It’s designed to protect North Atlantic right whales and will be in effect until Sept. 26. The whales number only about 360 and they are…

Proposed rules designed to protect a declining species of whale have arrived at the White House for review. The federal government is working on rules designed to reduce risk to North Atlantic right whales. The whales number only about 360. They face threats including entanglement in ropes that connect to lobster and crab traps in the ocean. The National Oceanic…

Whales are known as the “gentle giants of the sea,” so how often are people actually swallowed by one, like the Massachusetts lobster diver who survived his encounter this week?

A man survived after spending at least 30 seconds in the mouth of a whale off the coast of Cape Cod.

A man lived to tell a whale of a tale after spending at least 30 seconds in the mouth of a humpback. The TEN explores his story, looks at previous whale encounters and explains why it’s no surprise the animal spat him out.

The younger generation of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are on average about three feet shorter than whales were 20 years, drone and aircraft data show in a study in Thursday’s journal Current Biology.

Five beluga whales have a new home in New England, a move that has garnered national attention and required the involvement of two federal governments.

Rare video of two Northern Atlantic Right Whales seeming to hug it out on the surface of Cape Cod Bay is just what you need to see today.

When a killer whale circled back toward wildlife photographer Brian Skerry in the middle of the ocean after discarding the giant sting ray it was devouring, panic is not what came to mind: “Part of my brain is thinking I can’t believe what I’m seeing,” recalled Skerry.

A group of rare whales has been spotted east of Boston, prompting the federal government to urge caution among boaters. The whales are North Atlantic right whales, which number only about 360 in the world. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it is asking mariners to route around the area or transit through it at 10 knots or less…

Scientists say critically endangered North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in the greatest numbers seen since 2015