You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...

Thar she blows! Scientists say moisture from the endangered right whales blowholes yields important health info that could ...

New research reveals sperm whale communication is more complex than thought. Instead of simple clicks, whales use vowel-like ...

Denise Herzing, a dolphin communication expert, told Science News that she objects to the word “vowel” out of concern that ...

In its wake, we examined whale entanglements along the West Coast. Entanglements occur when a human-made material — such as ...

A growing number of animals across the globe, including pets, livestock, and marine species, are developing chronic diseases ...

Scientists have spent the last five years observing sperm whale communication and behaviors using tags, buoys and drones. They’ve finally begun to learn how whales use calls for communication.

Efforts to get a stranded humpback whale back into the ocean on Nov. 17 have failed, leaving wildlife officials with limited ...

An ambitious mission aims to protect one of the Mediterranean’s last great frontiers: Caprera Canyon, a vast underwater valley off Sardinia’s coast.

It felt like everyone in Oregon was watching and worrying after a young humpback whale was stranded Saturday on a beach north ...

YACHATS, Ore. (KOIN) — A young humpback whale that beached along the Oregon coast on Saturday was euthanized Monday afternoon ...