A rare species of whale was sighted off the coast of Cape Cod this month. Three True's beaked whales — which usually dive ...

An annual whale report released by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium on October 22, 2025, made waves in the ...

The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago changed far more than life on land. Ocean ecosystems also collapsed in the aftermath of the strike, and, like the non-avian dinosaurs on land, ...

If you've ever wondered how and why "sucker fish" hitch a—usually—wild ride with a humpback whale on the move, new footage ...

DURHAM, N.C. – Marine researchers have mapped the density of one of the most endangered large whale species worldwide, the North Atlantic right whale, using newly analyzed data to predict and help ...

Whales may be known as gentle giants, but they still have a looming presence as the world’s loudest and largest animals. The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretches to 98 ...

Now researchers think they know why: Bowhead whales are very good at repairing damaged DNA, which leads to many ailments including cancer.

Increasingly, some politicians and national delegations at fisheries organizations meetings argue that whale populations should be reduced because whales compete with human beings for ever-scarcer ...

There are only about 370 North Atlantic right whales left. Of those, an alarmingly small number are mothers. Squilla is one of them. A few years ago, she gave birth to a female who one day might help ...

Newly sequenced genomes of blue whales in the Atlantic Ocean contain "unexpectedly high" levels of fin whale DNA, hinting that the two species have been interbreeding much more than previously ...

The human heart consists of multiple, specialized structures that all work together to enable the organ to beat for a lifetime. But exactly which cells are present in each part of the heart has been ...