At least 56 whale entanglements were reported in 2016. Prior to 2014, entanglements averaged about 10 annually. Researchers say increasingly warm waters prompted whales to search for food in a narrow ...

The humpback whale population in the North Pacific was once reduced to just a few thousand individuals because of commercial whaling. It finally peaked at more than 33,000 whales in 2012 – and then ...

Ocean warming has led to more whales being entangled in fishing gear off the California coast, according to research published yesterday in Nature Communications. The study found connections among ...