Whales

Scientists call for speed limits on fast ferries linking the Canary Islands as evidence mounts they kill sperm whales and other cetaceans.

Swimming with whales and other megafauna is an important driving force behind marine conservation - but it needs to be done responsibly

Iceland's Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture has suggested that the nation may cease commercial whaling by 2024

An endangered population of blue whale is a risk from tankers and container ships in one on the world's busiest shipping lanes

Five unmissable short videos of extremely close encounters with whales and orcas. Moving, heart-stopping and very joyful.

A New Zealand beaked whale stranding has led scientists to discover it is a previously unrecorded genetically distinct species

The blue whale is a catalogue of superlatives – the largest animal in the ocean and the largest creature known to have ever lived on earth.

International outcry as the Japanese Government announces it plans to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC)