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 ...

The episode, involving a group of sperm whales, adds to evidence that humans aren’t the only species that gets some form of ...

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 ...

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

Every single female North Atlantic right whale and calf are vital to this endangered species’ recovery, as they're facing an ...

The New England Aquarium has documented more than a quarter of the Atlantic Ocean's right whale population in just the last ...

Scientific analysis of "cannibal" killer whales might seem shocking at first glance, but it might also indicate that our ...