Two decades ago, India’s whale sharks were hunted and misunderstood. Today, thanks to an ambitious conservation effort led by ...

"The situation with [them] can serve as a cautionary tale." Scientists sound alarm after observing worrisome behavior shift ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, ...

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

The latest discovery is that elements of their vocals function in a way that’s fascinatingly similar to human vowels, making ...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a suckerfish, hitching a ride on the belly of a humpback as it cruises through ...

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

The ocean is anything but quiet with animals making a variety of unique sounds, but what happens when the ocean gets too loud? Read more!

How do whales impact the environment? The answer might surprise you. A visiting speaker at Utah State University explains his ...

What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...

Rising human exploitation of the oceans is pushing ever further into regions that scientists increasingly suspect are full of conscious life. New research into creatures from sperm whales to octopuses ...