The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in recent decades.

The welcoming whales in waters lapping Manitoba break the ice with a bedazzled swimmer.

Kayakers, boaters and surfers should avoid a group of gray whales swimming less than a mile off the Pacifica coast, marine officials have warned.

The 20-foot-long California gray whale has been coming in and out of the channel for about a week. Experts say it appears healthy, so they have no plans to lure it out yet.

Government scientists believe they have some good news about the endangered right whale, whose population in the Atlantic Ocean is struggling to come back.

A total of 39 calves have been born this spring, an encouraging sign for the mammals.

Marine mammal enthusiasts in the San Pedro and Santa Barbara channels are encountering sporadic humpback whales and anticipate the arrival of blue whales, which generally arrive in late spring and linger through the summer.

A group of sightseers on an underwater tour off the coast of Maui received a surprise when a group of humpback whales surrounded the submarine they were in.The tour by Atlantis Adventures on Maui usually features lots of colorful fish, so to have the whales circling the submarine offered the ultimate adventure.   
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A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Bush administration did not properly study the environmental impact of expanding oil and gas drilling off the Alaska coast and canceled a program to find new reserves.

Whale watchers and marine mammal enthusiasts around the world might be pleased to learn that Japan fell substantially short of its minke whale hunt quota, thanks largely to disruptive efforts of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society earlier this season in the Antarctic region.