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

Scientists gathered 105 instances of baleen whales performing a strange behavior called kelping. Videos show whales that came across free floating seaweed rubbed it across their bodies. This could be ...

A dramatic ocean video capturing a lone penguin's desperate escape from a pod of killer whales has captivated online viewers.

Two humpback whales were spotted breaching close to shore by the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse in Bristol on Sunday. In video captured by Bristol Parks and Recreation cameras mounted on the keeper's house ...

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Using suction-cup sensors attached to three humpback whales, researchers captured video footage of the animals rolling around on the ocean floor. Griffith University Despite their large size, whales ...

Sarah Fortune, an assistant professor in oceanography at Halifax’s Dalhousie University, said it would appear the massive ...

In the early days of January, the deep and chilly waters off the coast of Antarctica played host to a bitter confrontation between two old foes. As storm clouds rolled overhead, the crew of Japan's ...

"The data we have is compatible with whales learning from each other." This is an Inside Science story. The 19th-century whaling books were filled with complaints. Hal Whitehead, a whale biologist at ...

A single road provides access to the town of Neah Bay, Washington, on the Makah Reservation—a narrow ribbon of asphalt that skirts the lush cloak of evergreen skyscrapers called the Olympic Rainforest ...

Old whaling ship logbooks in a local library may offer up new insight into climate change. An unlikely project is unfolding at the Providence Public Library. Local historians and scientists are ...