A toxin released by one of the largest algae blooms on record off the Southern California coast was linked to the deaths of a humpback whale in Huntington Beach and a minke whale in Long Beach.

A harmful algal bloom off the Southern California coast continues to sicken and kill marine life, with at least seven dolphins washing ashore this week alone in Venice Beach. Marine experts are ...

What to Know Necropsies on two whales found stranded and dead on the Southern California coast revealed a link to a domoic acid outbreak on the Southern California coast. The toxin released by one of ...

The Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center is probing the death of a female gray whale that washed up on Black Sands Beach in the Marin Headlands.

A 50-foot gray whale carcass washed up on Huntington Beach, prompting an investigation into the cause of death.

A minke whale that had been swimming in Long Beach’s Rainbow Harbor for most of the past week was found dead Sunday morning, April 6. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Galway PhD student Seán O’Callaghan develops a novel method for identifying sperm whales using aerial photographs.

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) possess one of the most sophisticated communication systems among non-human animals. They use “signature ... responds to environmental inputs. Antarctic Minke ...

This region is rich with fish and one of the best places to watch whales in summer: Minke whales, humpbacks and finbacks often ... Fin whales have been observed as solo animals, in pairs, and in pods ...

My first whale watch did not go well. At the time I was a student in meteorology at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine on Mount Desert Island. It was the Fourth of July — a holiday for ...