Orca Channel photographer Krisztina Balotay captured some of the first-ever images of a killer whale birth while on a ...

Scientists have identified a cold-activated protein in the bowhead whale that may explain its extraordinary lifespan and could one day help humans live longer by improving DNA repair mechanisms, ...

“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” ...

Two blue whales can be seen in this photo taken off Bandon this summer by John Calambokidis, a research biologist with Cascadia Research Collective. Researchers with the collective are among a group ...

NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) – Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the 1980s, a new study has found ...

Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found. Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Cascadia Research ...

Three titans of the ocean were captured on camera in a “race” off the coast of Australia. Ant Rozetsky via Unsplash Despite being the largest animal on the planet, blue whales maintain a life of ...