Scientists searching for novel ways to fight cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead tucked away inside the cells of the bowhead whale. The findings, published in the journal Nature, ...

Bowhead whales miraculously escaped extinction after the practice of whaling. The effects of that time still linger today, ...

A body that weighs as much as a small airplane should face steep odds against cancer. You may expect that from a creature packed with billions of cells, each with a chance to slip into danger as years ...

The Iñupiat people of Alaska have long said that bowhead whales live two human lifetimes. That oral knowledge turned out to be conservative. Scientific measurements using multiple methods have ...

A new study finds that the bowhead whales produce loads of a protein that repairs the DNA in cells before they can become pre-cancerous. (Danny Lawson/PA Images | Getty Images) Scientists searching ...