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Bowhead whales have the greatest life span of any mammal on Earth. They can reach over 200 years in age thanks in part to ...

For years, scientists studying bowhead whales have relied on a simple idea: if a whale makes a long, square or U-shaped dive, it's feeding time. A new study demonstrates that assumption may not hold ...

Bowhead whales have navigated Arctic waters for thousands of years, following migration routes shaped by sea ice. New ...

The practice of whaling proved to be very profitable to those who participated in it. Due to poor management and a lack of oversight of whale populations, whaling was ultimately banned to save whales ...

Maxing out at around 200 tons, the blue whale is not only the largest animal on the planet, it is also the largest animal ...

Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales are surprisingly voracious hunters, diving hundreds of meters beneath the Pacific to snatch squid in the dark. By tagging and tracking eight whales, researchers ...

But beginning in 2019, amid a severe marine heat wave that reached deep into northern waters, gray whales struggled to find ...

SAN FRANCISCO—“Whale, 12 o’clock!” Kathi George called out from the bow of a yacht last week. Then, as if to caution the whale, she added: “Ferry! Be careful.” Migrating gray whales and ships are on a ...

Scientists have uncovered an astonishing new chapter in humpback whale migration: two whales were found to have traveled between breeding grounds in Australia and Brazil, crossing more than 14,000 ...