Whale watchers in Massachusetts were treated to a “spectacular” show by one of the largest and most elusive whale species.

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks ...

After an endangered fin whale washed up at Ten Mile Beach along the Mendocino coast last week, scientists determined that this member of the second-largest whale species on the planet was killed ...

While some species do this often, fin whales, the second largest ocean species behind the blue whale, “rarely raise their tails on any dive,” NOAA says. “We enjoyed spectacular looks at this ...