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

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, ...

The strategy is the mysterious reason why beluga whales have such a diverse genetic population despite being an isolated species.

Arctic marine life is notoriously difficult to study because of its remoteness. But drones have enabled whales to be monitored and diagnosed while being minimally invasive, according to a new study.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...