The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were ...

Using the technology has long been considered a way to listen without disturbing. Scientists make surprising discovery while ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, ...

If bowhead whales produce particularly varied and diverse calls in one area, it is very likely that the area is a breeding ...

Populations of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus), playful animals that resemble large dolphins, stretch across the Atlantic Ocean, with each group of whales living year-round in a ...

Learn how rising ocean noise levels are causing significant delays in whale migration and affecting their navigation ...

A groundbreaking ocean sanctuary in Nova Scotia will give formerly captive whales space, dignity, and care in a natural ...

Whales carry tons of nutrients in their pee thousands of miles across the oceans. © Martin van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In 2010, two researchers in the U.S ...

For centuries, humans have drawn a line between themselves and other species, initially claiming that other animals couldn't feel pain. Science proved they could. Then the argument shifted: Animals ...

Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...