For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that ...

While whales do need fresh water, they actually don’t need a huge amount, considering their size. This is largely because, in ...

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, reaching lengths of nearly 100 feet and weighing more than 300 ...

Learn about the different ideas that came together in Massachusetts to make the right whale the "right" whale to represent ...

An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

Find out exactly how big the biggest whale on Earth is and why blue whales can grow so huge when they only eat tiny creatures ...

Killer Whale’s sombre meditation on the far-reaching effects of animal captivity undercuts the film’s central survival-horror ...

What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...

Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to wildlife populations globally, and marine mammals are no exception. Dolphins, ...

A stranded long-finned pilot whale was euthanized in Sea Bright after attempts to return it to the ocean failed. The whale, a 15-foot male, was found stranded in the surf and deemed too weak to ...

A rarely seen pygmy killer whale has been found after stranding on a popular beach, sparking an emergency response from ...