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

Off the coast of Nova Scotia, the Gully—a vast underwater canyon—has become a safe haven for endangered northern bottlenose ...

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 ...

Humpback whales are thriving again. They switch foods, use creative hunting, and enter new waters. Their flexibility helps them survive.

A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale first seen off Ireland has been re-identified near Boston, marking a rare ...

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

Populations of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus), playful animals that resemble large dolphins, stretch ...

Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems, a new book from the University of California Press (December 2006), explores an aspect of whale ecology that until now has received surprisingly little attention ...

Songs have lowered in frequency, in part because of changes to ocean water. Whales in the ocean around Antarctica are changing their tune, according to a new study. Publishing their findings in the ...

Scientists confirmed the first east-to-west Atlantic migration of a North Atlantic right whale, traveling 3,000 miles from ...

Two whales swimming, diving and rolling in the water just steps from the sand at Aliso Beach stopped beachgoers in their tracks. “It was a delicious, spiritual moment,” said Maria Bishop of the ...

Whale urine helps move nutrients thousands of miles across the ocean in a “conveyer belt,” according to a new study. Photo from Venti Views, UnSplash It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh-pooh.