NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...

Researchers have said more than half the vessels in Scotland are essentially “invisible” to standard maritime tracking ...

Here's the current list: Atlantic white-sided dolphin, beluga whale, blue whale, bottlenose dolphin, common dolphin, Cuvier's beaked whale, false killer whale, fin whale, Gervais' beaked whale, ...

Three beaked whale specimens captured my attention, as the ends of their lives are permanently inscribed on their bones. Two are southern bottlenose whales that have been killed by whalers. A southern ...

An estimated 370 North Atlantic Right Whales are left in the wild today. Of those, only around 70 are females, making reproduction chances slim for the species. These two whales have been named ...

Gray whales are dying in large numbers, again. At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year in the shallow, protected lagoons of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, where the ...

A mother and calf humpback whale near Maui. A new short film at the Maui Ocean Center showcases the first humpback whales to return to Lahaina after the 2023 wildfires. Photographer and Maui resident ...

An orca attack on a pygmy blue whale is witnessed by researchers and tourists onboard a whale-watching vessel off the WA coast. It is one of just a handful of documented killer whale attacks on a ...

Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators. Wall Street Gets Rude Shock as Bessent Plays Second Fiddle on Tariffs Kurt Russell delights fans as he reunites with co-star after ...

Whales, the majestic giants of the ocean, have a remarkable evolutionary history that dates back over 50 million years. Once land-dwelling creatures that walked on four legs, these marine mammals ...

There are more than 70 species of toothed whales, including sperm whales, orcas (which are technically the largest species of dolphin), bottlenose dolphins, beluga whales, and harbor porpoises. Baleen ...

One of the most common dolphins, the bottlenose, has around 600,000 members worldwide ... Despite their name, killer whales (orcas) are actually members of the dolphin family. They are the largest and ...