BABY WHALES 'WHISPER' TO MOTHERS TO AVOID PREDATORS, STUDY FINDS

Newborn humpback whales and their mothers whisper to each other to escape potential predators, scientists reported Wednesday, revealing the existence of a previously unknown survival technique... READ MORE›

2 SAILORS RESCUED IN MID-ATLANTIC WHILE OTHERS AWAIT HELP

A Cormorant helicopter from the Royal Canadian Air Force has also been dispatched from Gander, N.L., to help... READ MORE›

'DIPPY' MAKES WAY FOR BLUE WHALE

Museum's dippy dinosaur makes way for blue whale... READ MORE›

US CANCELS NEW PROTECTION FOR ENDANGERED WEST COAST WHALES

The rule would have applied to fewer than 20 fishing vessels that use mile-long fishing nets to catch swordfish off California and Oregon... READ MORE›

ORCA POD FILMED HUNTING WHALE CALF IN 'UNPRECEDENTED' CALIFORNIA KILLING SPREE

A group of killer whales in Monterey Bay killed four gray whales in a week, a phenomenon one researcher hasn't seen in her 30-year career... READ MORE›

EXPERTS PUZZLED AS 30 WHALES STRANDED IN 'UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT' IN ALASKA

Wynne suggested that the nine fin whales may have consumed something toxic... READ MORE›

JAPAN ACCUSED OF FALSIFYING WHALING DATA

A study has compared official Japanese whaling data submitted to the International Whaling Commission IWC with formerly secret internal Soviet whaling industry reports... READ MORE›

MISSING FLORIDA TEENS: BOAT FOUND OFF BERMUDA

The Coast Guard's week-long search after the boys were reported missing extended from southern Florida to North Carolina, officials said at the time... READ MORE›

NORMAN ATLANTIC FERRY FIRE: PASSENGERS CRY OUT FOR HELP AS BURNING GREECE-ITALY CAR FERRY IS EVACUATED IN HIGH WIND AND ROUGH SEAS

A ferry carrying almost 500 people has caught fire on route from Greece to Italy, sparking an international rescue mission in challenging rough sea conditions... READ MORE›

Lai Sai-ming, captain of the Sea Smooth, a passenger ferry, was convicted of 39 counts of manslaughter by a Hong Kong jury... READ MORE›

WHALE WATCHING: IS IT SAFE?

Given the generally calm weather conditions off Vancouver Island and the number of passengers aboard, Staples suspects a hull breach swamped the Leviathan II... READ MORE›

SWIMMING WITH WHALES: A FROLIC IN THE WILD OR AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN?

They are seeking eye-to-eye experiences with humpbacks and their calves southern right whales dwarf minke whales and Indo-Pacific and common bottlenose dolphins... READ MORE›

THREE DEAD SPERM WHALES WASH UP ON SKEGNESS BEACH

Three dead sperm whales have washed up on a beach near Skegness... READ MORE›

WHALE FREED NEAR TROMSOE BY NORWEGIAN COAST GUARD

The crew on board the KV Heimdal found the whale outside Kvaloeya Whale Island near Tromsoe, north Norway... READ MORE›

NEARLY 100 PASSENGERS TRAPPED ON JAPAN FERRY AFTER FIRE BREAKS OUT

Boats rushing to rescue 94 people on board boat... READ MORE›

AT LEAST FIVE DEAD AFTER WHALE WATCHING BOAT SINKS IN CANADA

We can now confirm a death toll of five to date in the whale watching boat incident near Tofino she said... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS FEARED DROWNED AFTER MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZES IN MEDITERRANEAN

The incident occurred about 25 miles off the Libyan coast when the overcrowded vessel got in to difficulty sparking a major search and rescue operation... READ MORE›

PYGMY WHALE DIES AT SEAWORLD AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM BEACH

SeaWorld San Diego's veterinarians and animal care specialists reportedly provided rehabilitative services to care for the pygmy sperm whale... READ MORE›

HIGH NUMBERS OF HUMPBACK WHALES DYING OFF ATLANTIC COAST

If confirmed, it would be the fourth stranded in Delaware waters in a year, an unusually high number... READ MORE›

CALAIS BLOCKADE DISRUPTS CHANNEL FERRY SERVICES

P O Ferries said the Calais port was closed due to action by former MyFerryLink staff, who staged wildcat strikes this summer... READ MORE›

HOW WHALES GOT SO BIG: MYSTERY SOLVED?

But baleen whales hunt schools of fish or swarms of krill, Pyenson said... READ MORE›

GREEK FIREFIGHTERS TRY TO TAME THREE-DAY FOREST FIRE ON ISLAND OF EVIA

No injuries were reported, but a village, a monastery and a small hotel were evacuated, while the blaze threatened the small seaside town of Limni overnight... READ MORE›

1/67 REFUGEES FLEEING CONFLICT

Italian Navy patrol boat captain Francesco Iavazzo came across the overcrowded Libyan fishing vessel on its way to Italy across the Mediterranean... READ MORE›

NAVY SAVES 367 MIGRANTS AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN SEA TRAGEDY

A Defence Forces spokesperson said the LE Niamh arrived at the scene shortly before noon about 100 kilometres north of the Libyan capital of Tripoli... READ MORE›

FIVE BRITONS KILLED WHILE WHALE WATCHING IN CANADA

The boat carrying 27 passengers sank Sunday afternoon sparking a rescue effort by the Canadian military Coast Guard fishermen and mariners from a nearby Aboriginal community... READ MORE›

ADVANCED UK RESEARCH SHIP MAY BE NAMED 'BOATY MCBOATFACE'

Advanced research ship may be named Boaty McBoatface... READ MORE›

NEW IRISH WATER CRISIS AS EU RAISES CONCERNS OVER FUNDING

A large wave crashes into the sinking vessel, sending four of the stranded crew into the sea... READ MORE›

CRAB TRAPS POSE GROWING THREAT TO WHALES ALONG U.S. WEST COAST

Traps called crab pots, used in fishing for Dungeness crab, a popular seafood delicacy, are often the culprit... READ MORE›

FIVE BRITONS KILLED IN SINKING OF CANADA WHALE-WATCHING BOAT

Several other coast guard vessels were involved in the search off the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island... READ MORE›

NGOS WORK WITH OIL COMPANIES TO SAVE RARE WHALE OFF RUSSIA'S SAKHALIN ISLAND

The partnership has helped the western gray whale's numbers rise by 3 to 4 percent per year, said a joint report issued at the IUCN's World Conservation Congress... READ MORE›