A whale would not be up for that, as pleasant as it sounds, so it is best not to proffer an invitation. And yet? It would be ...

For decades, a single whale’s strange 52-hertz call has baffled scientists, raising haunting questions about its identity, ...

Over about five decades, Dolphin Action and Protection Group founder Nan Rice worked tirelessly to protect dolphins, whales ...

Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging ...

"There is definitely a bit of an increase in presence." Researchers make stunning discovery after listening to sounds ...

Baleen whales don’t have teeth. Instead, they use baleen, a filtering system that lets the largest animals on Earth feed on ...

Many populations improved because the Marine Mammal Protection Act worked.

The blue whale holds the title as the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. This video explores how big blue whales can grow, how they survive in the ocean, and what makes them such ...

The largest animals on Earth are turning out to be hosts to microscopic life that science had never cataloged. New research ...

Photographers capture mutant crayfish, cleaning fish, and synchronized whales in this year's top underwater contests.

For most of their evolutionary history, narwhals have relied more on sound than sight to survive in the Arctic’s dark icy ...

Aerial drones also revealed the structure of the hunt: dolphins spread out in a scouting line, driving fish toward the ...