Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...

South Georgia has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg ran aground off its coast amid concerns it could ...

Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...

A group of whale watchers, look in horror as a huge humpback whale emerges from the water and swallows two kayakers whole!

This increase in song also consistently tracked alongside improved foraging conditions for humpback whales. Initially, there was a large increase in krill, shortly followed by a leap in anchovy ...

A new study reveals that baleen whales, including humpbacks and gray whales, enrich oceans when they take a whizz.

Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean to forage and feed along their migratory path off the Western ...

Blue whale births remain unseen because they occur in winter, when researchers typically aren't observing them. By the time ...

Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences and NOAA-NMFS Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, University of California, Santa Cruz Spanning more octaves than a ...