Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

One of the world’s largest mammals, the humpback whale is an incredible species for many reasons. They may even be the ocean’s protectors. Researchers have witnessed humpback whales intervening during ...

The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, larger even than the biggest dinosaurs, and nearly every part ...

Two right whales were spotted swimming in Treasure Coast waters last weekend. North Atlantic right whales Koala and Curlew were spotted off Vero Beach, Jensen Beach and Stuart from Jan. 10-12 as they ...

Fearing the extinction of whales but, because of their size and shyness, knowing little of their dietary and conjugal habits, their birthrate and the length of their lives, the British Government is ...

A humpback whale urinating near Hawaii. Credit: Lars Bejder/NOAA Scientists have long understood that microbes, zooplankton, and fish are vital sources of recycled nitrogen in coastal waters. But ...

For the first time, researchers have matched an entire whale song to an entire dive – and found the song changes in step with what the whale’s body is doing underwater ...

Researchers have made progress in understanding the communication patterns of sperm whales around Dominica, suggesting that these majestic marine mammals might be using a "phonetic alphabet" to ...