A free-diver had a once-in-a-lifetime moment when a massive Bryde's whale suddenly emerged during a feeding frenzy in ...

Long before the ocean’s largest filter-feeders roamed the seas, their smaller, sharper cousins ruled the warm shallows. One such predator, newly named Janjucetus dullardi, offers a striking glimpse ...

Biologists discovered killer whales and dolphins working together to hunt salmon, a behavior never before documented in this ...

Scientists photograph the elusive ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, the source of the BW43 echolocation pulse, for the first time.

The great white shark’s fearsome reputation has been shaped in part by films like Jaws and Deep Blue Sea, which portray it as ...

Killer whales work together in tightly coordinated pods to hunt some of the ocean’s most powerful predators, including sharks ...

In this illustration provided by Ruairidh Duncan a Janjucetus dullardi is depicted chasing a fish. (Ruairidh Duncan via AP) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Long before whales were majestic, gentle ...

Quick Take The sperm whale was designated Connecticut’s official state animal in 1975 to honor a 19th-century whaling empire ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an ...