The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management now believes a fin spotted at Misquamicut State Beach was an ocean sunfish and not a Mako shark. Swimmers at the Westerly beach were forced out ...

The songs of fin whales in the Atlantic Ocean include two region-specific high-frequency components that are distinct and ...

WESTERLY, R.I. (WPRI) — After a fin was spotted in the water at Misquamicut State Beach last week, experts are hoping to educate beachgoers about the difference between a shark’s fin and an ocean ...

Feb. 11 (UPI) --The fin whale is the loudest species in the ocean. The mammal's long, loud, low-frequency vocalizations can travel for hundreds of miles. Fin whale songs are so strong, in fact, they ...

A juvenile fin whale that washed ashore over the weekend and died on Torrance Beach was returned to the ocean on Sunday. Tests will eventually determine what caused the death of the 50-foot, 25-ton ...

The sound waves of a fin whale song is loud enough to penetrate Earth’s crust and assist with mapping the ocean floor, a new study has found. The findings turn what is normally an annoyance into a ...

Carrie Seaver, creative director at Maine Beer Company, said one of the brewery’s co-founders was inspired to highlight marine life after visiting the former Whale Museum in Bar Harbor. That ...

Walk into just about any dried goods store in Chicago's Chinatown and it's on the shelves — a dried corn-husk-like substance that's sparking controversy even hundreds of miles from the ocean. Shark ...