A total of 1,935 whales were observed across all islands, during the second Ocean Count and Great Whale Count for the 2026 season. That’s down by 12 whales from the same time last year. The number may ...

March is a blissful month, a month when gray whale watching can begin in earnest. The eastern North Pacific gray whale ...

The discovery came as a surprise, because the two species usually prefer to avoid each other and keep a safe distance.

Blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — aren't singing as much anymore, and that's got scientists concerned. A study published in PLOS analyzing six years’ worth of acoustic data collected from ...

A free diving instructor enjoying the open water of the Pacific Ocean near Mexico had her peace interrupted by a once-in-a-lifetime encounter. The moment, which occurred in Nov. 2025, was captured on ...

CENTRAL COAST, CALIFORNIA -- The ocean just off the central California coast became a playground for a pod of orcas. Video taken by Monterey Bay Whale Watch videographer Evan Brodsky shows the orcas ...

Prologue : Dolphin lessons -- In the beginning. Humpback whales (megaptera novaeangliae) -- Searching for giants. Blue whales (balaenoptera musculus) -- Family. Orcas (Orcinus orca) -- In deep water.

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, inexperienced target guarded by a single adult. However, orcas cannot reach ...

The Pacific Whale Foundation is accepting registrations for its Ocean Camp, a weeklong science and culture program on Maui for students in second through fifth grade. The Camp runs Dec. 29-Jan. 2.