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

Momma Accordion and her not-yet-named newborn were pictured frolicking in the frigid waters of the Port of New York and New ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

The Nicobar Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique species found nowhere else. Long isolated, these islands have ...

Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself. That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of ...

A rare dwarf sperm whale mysteriously washed ashore in Australia, prompting an official investigation, according to news reports. Beachgoers in Adelaide — a city on the coast of South Australia — ...

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

If recent reports of a North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother spotted in a busy shipping lane between New Jersey and New York are any indication that more are to come, an artificial ...

Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will help predict ...

A pair of highly endangered whales seen swimming the Gulf this week have Texas experts on high alert. The two adult female ...

A sperm whale’s tooth can weigh more than two pounds and they are illegally trafficked to be used as decorations and for ...