ABC News' James Longman reports on scientists' conservation efforts. Antarctica -- Eight layers. Thermals, more thermals, inner layers, outer layers, and waterproofs. I do not do well in the cold. Now ...

The critically-endangered blue whale — the largest animal known to have ever existed — has returned to the waters near the remote island of South Georgia near Antarctica, almost 100 years after the ...

Between 1998-2018 only one blue whale was spotted by scientists off the coasts of South Georgia. In February 2020, there were dozens of sightings Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has ...

In a little over a month, Antarctic killer whales trek from their chilly residence to the warm waters off the coast of South America and back, researchers have found. The whales spend their "tropical ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

In a rare piece of good news for whales, humpbacks who live and breed in the southern oceans near Antarctica appear to be making a comeback, with females in recent years having a high pregnancy rate ...

Fin whales, which can measure up to 85 feet long and weigh 80 tons, are the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale. They eat krill and small fish, gobbling their prey as they swim ...

Songs have lowered in frequency, in part because of changes to ocean water. Whales in the ocean around Antarctica are changing their tune, according to a new study. Publishing their findings in the ...

Researchers studying fin whales in the Antarctic were astonished to observe 150 of the creatures eating krill near Elephant Island — a welcome sight after they were almost hunted to extinction decades ...

Delighted scientists have discovered large pods of rare fin whales feeding together in Antarctica for the first time in nearly 50 years. After commercial whaling was banned in 1976, it appears the ...

A fin whale mother and calf feeding near the ocean's surface. The pair were not part of the recent feeding frenzy in Antarctica. Last year, passengers on board a cruise ship near Antarctica were ...

Environmental activists have staged a “dead whale crime scene” outside an international convention currently being held in ...