A new study has quantified the risk for whale-ship collisions worldwide for four geographically widespread ocean giants that are threatened by shipping: blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales.

Despite high-profile accidents, a comprehensive global picture of the risks posed by shipping to whales has remained elusive.

In a University of Washington-led paper published in the journal Science, UC Santa Barbara researchers add some clarity to that picture and it’s sobering: Global shipping traffic overlaps with about ...

Imagine you are a blue whale swimming up the California coast, as you do every spring. You are searching for krill in the ...

The largest proportion of risk was focused in the Indian Ocean, where around 22% of whale strike hotspots were found. This is ...

Is it going to be a "banner season" for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in Bay? Why at least one researcher ...

In B.C., a previously unidentified hot spot for whale-ship collisions was found off the coast of Vancouver Island.

A whale near a large vessel in southern Sri Lanka.Asha de Vos According to the fossil record, cetaceans - whales, dolphins and their relatives ...

It's well known that cargo vessels and whales don't mix; whale-ship collisions are one of the leading causes of death for ...

The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.