For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that ...

While whales do need fresh water, they actually don’t need a huge amount, considering their size. This is largely because, in ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through ...

Blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — aren't singing as much anymore, and that's got scientists concerned. A study published in PLOS analyzing six years’ worth of acoustic data collected from ...

With the 2025 release of the Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) interactive map, scientists, conservationists, and ...

An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to wildlife populations globally, and marine mammals are no exception. Dolphins, ...

What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...

Federal data collected over four years have shown that derelict fishing gear is an underestimated threat. Some experts say it ...

It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh-pooh. The marine giants’ urine serves a vital role in ecosystems by moving tons of nutrients across vast ocean distances, according to new research.

Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...

One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...