The saltwater crocodile, the largest living reptile, strikes with immense bite force, capable of taking down large land ...

Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and ...

From marathon treks by gray whales across thousands of kilometres to shorter seasonal excursions by minkes, migration routes ...

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a 24-year-old kayaker last Saturday during a father-son excursion out on the icy waters ...

New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on ...

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely on healthy oceans for food and livelihoods to support their families.

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...