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

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains ...

Beaked whales are rarely spotted. Now scientists are using underwater sounds to help identify these elusive creatures.

Researchers figured out that the Bryde’s Whales in the Gulf of Mexico were not, in fact, Bryde’s Whales. Photo: NWF Although we humans certainly do like to think of ourselves as smart, there’s a whole ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It is the ...

Whale ancestors were terrestrial mammals that walked on four legs. This bone structure that helped them walk eventually ...

Scientists say they discovered that two well-known types of killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean are actually two separate species and not just different races. In a study published Wednesday, ...

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 ...

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

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

Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's rarest whale species. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It is the world’s rarest whale, ...