One of the most unique about whales is that they're the largest animals to ever exist on Earth — even bigger than the largest ...

There is excitement and concern for North Atlantic right whale mother and calf spotted in busy shipping lanes.

Discover 10 lesser-known facts about the blue whale, the largest animal on Earth. Learn about its diet, communication, ...

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New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Corvus Energy, a leading supplier of zero emission solutions for the offshore and marine industry, announced that it will ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

The origins of this whale of a tale date back to an article first published in the late 1800s by a Canadian newspaper.

Researchers found that whale feces contain iron and non-toxic copper, essential nutrients for ocean ecosystems. The study ...

A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers now ...

The super-low, super-loud songs of flight species like blue and fin whales are the perfect tool: they can attract a female ...

A blue whale photographed in September 2010.NOAA The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny ...