Recovering humpback whale populations are revealing a hidden shift: older males are increasingly outcompeting younger rivals to father calves.

New humpback whale study shows older male whales were more likely to become fathers and younger males were less likely to do ...

Researchers track North Atlantic right whale births every year. Why is this calving season getting extra attention?

Southern right whales have distinctive white and gray patches of thickened skin on their heads known as callosities. Because ...

In deep, tropical offshore waters, there exists a whale that’s roughly the size of a dolphin. Sightings of it are extremely rare, and few people have captured it on film. Despite its small size, it ...

Endangered southern right whales can live twice as long as scientists thought, a new study shows. These whales often reach 130 years old, and may even reach up to 150 years old, the study found.

A long-term study shows southern Alaska killer whales switch between salmon species and also eat groundfish as seasons and ...

The endangered whales that migrate along the NC coast could face new threats if the Trump administration rolls back seasonal speed rules for ships.

A long-term study using DNA from whale scat has revealed surprising complexity in the diets of southern Alaska’s fish-eating killer whales.

Whales breed in specific areas deep beneath the Arctic Circle ice, reveals new research. Scientists used state of the art AI technology to analyze the calling and singing of bowhead whales. Their ...