A unique collection of prehistoric bowhead whale bones, dating back 11,000 years, reveals a previously untold story of the ...

Bowhead whales survived thousands of years of climate change, but human hunting caused damage that still continues today.

Scientists studying stranded pygmy sperm whales have uncovered three previously unknown genotypes of Helicobacter bacteria ...

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean's largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world's ...

Scientists have proven a mammal that was believed to be a whale subspecies is actually a new species entirely, and the new species is critically endangered. Researchers took a closer look at the ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...

The sighting marks the first time endangered blue whales have been recorded in this area of Massachusetts waters.