North Atlantic right whales are having a good year, but their population still numbers fewer than 400. This species needs ...

In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

In July 1848, Thomas Roys, master of the whaling ship Superior, out of Sag Harbor, New York, sailed north through the Bering ...

The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications.

T he bowhead whale is the world’s longest-living mammal, sometimes making it to a staggering 200 years old. How does it do it ...

Slaughter for oil and baleen may have eased but there is a new threat... with the melting of Arctic ice, ship traffic is increasing and these slow-moving giants are being run down by ships ...

Swept twice daily by the world's highest tides, the Bay of Fundy is home to a host of only-here experiences for adventurous ...

Marine mammal care centers worry NOAA furloughs and cuts over a longer period could reduce oversight for ocean creatures.

The expedition also revealed a new species of armoured and iridescent scale worms, called Eulagisca sp. nov., as well as ...

Say, for instance, a whale’s suspected cause of death is a boat strike. Researchers will look out for bruises and cuts during ...

The Bowhead whale is the longest-living mammal on Earth, surviving for over 200 years. Scientists recently uncovered the ...

Expanding offshore oil drilling is bad for a lot of reasons, but it’s especially bad for the Rice’s whales. There are fewer ...