Its widely believed the orcas are expanding their range because depleted Pacific Northwest stocks of salmon can no longer sustain them.

The National Marine Fisheries Service on Thursday released its recovery plan for Puget Sound’s endangered killer whales, aimed at lessening the threats posed to the orcas by pollution, vessel traffic and decreased availability of food. The goal is to enable the 88 whales…

Fifteen pilot whales died in beach strandings Wednesday in southern New Zealand while rescuers monitored progress of 15 others toward safer waters, conservation officials said. The whales —

Landlubber hot spots up and down the Southern California coast for spotting whale spouts.

The unusually strong presence of killer whales off Southern California could be a factor in the scarcity of gray whales.

A larger than normal pod of finback whales has been spotted off Laguna Beach the past two days, giving spectators a rare treat…

The sightings of a 6-foot leatherback turtle, a great white shark attacking a sea lion, thousands of dolphins and dozens of humpback whales this week have turned the ocean off the Bay Area coast into a wildlife cabaret.

O. Co. folks don’t have to go far for whale-watching-but if you’re willing, you might try these spots.

Word to the whale-wise: Head south.

Once a rare sight south of Santa Barbara, blue whales have in recent years come to favor Southern California waters.

The Ocean Institute is one of several groups that offer daily trips in search of Blue whales.