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A humpback whale jumps out of the water in the Pacific Ocean

A humpback whale jumps out of the water in the Pacific Ocean at the Uramba Bahia Malaga National Natural Park in Colombia on August 26, 2021. The park is an area of high biodiversity and is said to h

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Baby orca dies in New Zealand after fruitless search for mother

Toa, the baby orca who captured hearts after he was found stranded in New Zealand waters, has lost his fight for survival, conservationists confirmed Saturday.The killer whale, less than 2.5 meters l

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Earth's 'pulse' to be measured to help understand volcanos and earthquakes

University College London experts hope the project will help them understand more about volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

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A Bryde's whale shows up in S China's Shenzhen

A whale was seen foraging on Tuesday in Dapeng New District, Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province.The whale is an eight-meter-long Bryde's whale and it might be t

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Who is responsible for the environmental disaster off Sri Lanka?

Click arrows to view gallery The Russian captain of the X-Press Pearl that caught fire and sank while carrying 25 tons of nitric acid, 275 tons of bunker fuel oil

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Sea lions bugging locals are just trying to stay alive

00:50 A group of sea lions in Chile are wreaking havoc on the town, but they're just trying to avoid a group of killer whales. See how they're trying to stay alive.Check outThe China Re

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How is laundry contributing to plastic pollution?

01:44 Laundry can spill plastics into the ocean and rivers. How does it happen?With each load of laundry in a washing machine, millions of microfibers come off our clothes.They are tiny

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Whales are under significant threat from ship strikes. Could new technology save them?

It's hoped the project will lead to an early warning system to help ships avoid hitting whales and to gather sound pollution data.

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Sperm whales taught each other how avoid 19th century whalers' harpoons

A study finds the more experienced animals would teach the younger ones how to flee or swim upwind from the hunters.

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Whales' cancer resistance 'in their genes'

Whales, dolphins and porpoises have two properties that should not in theory go together, they have a long lifespan for mammals and they tend to be resistant to cancer.A new study suggests that the r

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86 dolphins found dead off Mozambique

Another 86 dolphins were found dead on February 24 on an island off the coast of the southern African nation of Mozambique, the cause still unknown, the country's envir

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Whale carcass washes up on Bali beach

01:09 The rotting carcass of a nearly 14-meter-long whale washed up Thursdayon a Bali beach popular with tourists.The Denpasar Coast and Sea Resources Agency is investigating the death

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Fin Whale: Rare sighting off Croatia's coast

01:41 Out in the open blue water, researchers capture on video a fin whale swimming off Croatia's Adriatic coastline.Whales are known to visit these waters in the spring and summer mon

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Guo Ailun inspires Liaoning past Sichuan in CBA

Guo Ailun (R) of the Liaoning Flying Leopards drives the ball during a CBA match against the Sichuan Blue Whales in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 26, 20

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Sichuan Blue Whales trounce Tianjin Pioneers for 1st win after season resumption

The Sichuan Blue Whales scored a blow-out 101-72 victory over the Tianjin Pioneers in the resumed 2019-2020 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) season here on Monday.

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'Blob' heatwave caused record whale entanglements

Environmental changes were behind a 550% increase in whales becoming entangled with commercial crab fishing equipment.

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Warm ocean waters are killing marine life

Midway through the past decade, as many as one million seabirds died in less than a year, and scientists say they now know why: warm ocean water caused by global climate change.Researchers say it