New research reveals vowel-like patterns inside sperm whale click messages, or codas, suggesting surprisingly rich ...

The whales quickly learned how to avoid humans. New research is shedding light on the social intelligence of marine mammals when under a threat of danger. Sperm whales, which were hunted heavily in ...

Project CETI includes artificial intelligence expert researchers, marine biologists, cryptographers, roboticists and ...

A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could ...

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other—the first evidence of tool-making by marine mammals. The whales bite off the end of a kelp stalk, ...

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. The boat circled a pod of killer whales ...

A Southern Resident killer whale is a new mom. A critically endangered killer whale group has welcomed a new calf after it was spotted for the first time near Washington. The Southern Resident killer ...