Read on to find out about the biggest sharks in the world. The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the largest fish in the world. It is found in tropical and temperate oceans, in both deep water and ...

A beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation that it was a Russian spy, was not shot to death as claimed by animal rights groups but died of a bacterial ...

A beloved whale thought to have been trained as a “spy” by Russia and found dead earlier this month was not shot, a police autopsy has found. Animal rights groups had claimed that the beluga ...

The mammal was known locally as Hvaldimir, a pun on the Norwegian word for whale, "hval," and Russian President Vladimir Putin's first name A beluga whale suspected of being a Russian spy found ...

Experts say they cannot remove a stranded dead whale from a beach. The animal, believed to be a minke or fin whale, washed up on Hartlepool's Headland beach on Sunday and remains there days later.

By the time a global moratorium on commercial whaling, approved by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), went into effect in 1986, scientists estimated that whale numbers had plummeted from 66 ...

A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a century have been discovered embedded in their bodies, continues to intrigue scientists. The mysterious bowhead ...

Rescuers say they are hopeful a humpback whale found stranded on the south of Scotland coastline will make a full recovery after it was refloated. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR ...

WHALE WATCHER: Can you see a whale? WHALE WATCHER: Can you see a whale? Where are the whales? TOM HARTLEY, REPORTER: If you spend enough time watching the water off Australia’s east coast ...

A whale-watching tour got the photo opportunity of a lifetime when they spotted a rare white shark feeding from an elephant seal about 30 miles west of Santa Barbara. The group of about 50 people ...

Steve Backshall dives with whales and dolphins; witnessing their extraordinary hunting techniques, tracing their epic migrations across the planet and discovering how they are adapting to survive in a ...