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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For over a decade, AWI has provided an online database of restaurants in the United States that continue to serve shark fin soup. The goal is to help people avoid such establishments and to call ...

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 ...

PARIS (AFP) - For the first time since whaling was banned, dozens of southern fin whales have been filmed feasting together in a "thrilling" Antarctic spectacle, hailed by scientists on Thursday (July ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The Twin Fin hotel (formerly Aston Waikiki Beach) is partnering with ocean conservation organization Parley for the Oceans to launch a beach cleanup day, Friday. On Friday, ...