A trio of gray whales were spotted traveling off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Wednesday, February 11.Mauricio Tassara, who operates under the Instagram handle @empty_drone, ...

This new insight builds on a 2010 discovery known as the "whale pump," a system in which whales feed in deep waters and then ...

For most of their evolutionary history, narwhals have relied more on sound than sight to survive in the Arctic’s dark icy ...

Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other ...

Scientists used drones to collect whale blow, allowing them to test for diseases without harming or stressing the animals. The study detected cetacean morbillivirus in Arctic whales for the first time ...

New sampling techniques allow researchers to better monitor pathogens in whale populations. They used humpback whales and sperm whales as indicator species. Samples showed that 4 percent of the ...

A Montreal company has earned a spot, for the second time, on United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) list of the world’s 100 best innovations in artificial ...

Trump's Greenland focus highlights urgent Arctic security needs as Sen. Sullivan reveals new U.S. defenses against ...

A California whale-watching tour guide recorded footage of one of his favorite whales exhaling off the San Diego coast, with ...

Beluga whales indulge in wife swapping to enhance their long term survival chances, reveals new research. Ground-breaking DNA analysis shows both males and females of the species that live in the cold ...

Beluga whales in the High Arctic during summer. A group of beluga whale bulls in a bay, followed by two cow-calf pairs in a shallow river estuary. An all-male group of beluga whale bulls swims ...