A New Jersey fire rescue boat sank after a breaching whale struck the vessel while firefighters were returning from a July 4 marine security assignment in New York Harbor.

Divers off the coast of Mexico recently tried to free a humpback whale wrapped up in fishing gear — with a shark in tow, video shows. Conservation officials labeled the undertaking as “dangerous.” The attempted rescue mission took place in the ...

Officials say it was "perfectly human" to attempt to free the animal despite many warnings from conservationists about the humpback's health and stress level. Despite the carcass potentially carrying diseases,

An entangled humpback whale near Sydney is one of eight currently caught in marine debris off the New South Wales coast.