What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

After a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler Beach, scientists look for a cause of death: 'Each ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.

Scientists confirm that orcas and dolphins have lost the ability to return to dry land due to irreversible evolutionary ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have ...

Whales give birth to live young and feed their offspring with the milk they produce. Unlike many other ocean dwellers, whales are warm-blooded. What is the biggest whale in the world? Here's how ...

Humpback whales have been known to swim 5,000 miles from tropical grounds to colder grounds for more productive feedings and ...

Male sea otters that are not sexually or socially mature 'don't get access to females," which, in turn, frustrates the otter; ...