In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer ...

Scuba diving in the ocean can be an otherworldly experience, as can the marvels waiting to be discovered. Imagine swimming along and being approached by a massive sperm whale, who furthermore would ...

Experience matters but are older whales more desirable? Do they have better game?

Older male whales are more successful at mating than their younger rivals because they are better singers, suggests new ...

In deep, tropical offshore waters, there exists a whale that’s roughly the size of a dolphin. Sightings of it are extremely ...

Warming ocean waters are shrinking whale feeding areas and increasing entanglement risk along the U.S. West Coast.

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes​ ...

Q. You wrote that blue whales are the largest mammals. What are the largest and smallest animals of other groups? What ...

It trained dolphins, saw celebs fall in tanks and hosted an underwater wedding.

Southern right whales have distinctive white and gray patches of thickened skin on their heads known as callosities. Because ...

A family was going for a beach walk when they found an ancient whale's fossil.

The nearly 80-year-old disc resided in the archives of the the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for decades and may hold ...