Researchers have identified a fascinating behavior in killer whales, aka orcas: they sometimes offer to share their prey with ...

Humpback whales are some of the largest creatures on Earth and live in every one of the planet’s oceans. Their seasonal ...

This is the first documented evidence of its kind of marine mammals fashioning tools out of objects in their environment, ...

The paper is available here: Humpback Whales Blow Poloidal Vortex Bubble Rings. The team previously published a paper on humpback whale communication here: Interactive bioacoustics playback as a tool ...

He headed NOAA’s large whale research program for the northeastern U.S. from 2011 to 2019, then led the New England Aquarium’s right whale research program through 2022.

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

The team looked at “12 ring-production episodes involving 39 bubble rings produced by 11 individual humpback whales,” they explained in their paper.

Humpback whales are already known for complex songs, acoustic variety, and cooperative social structures. But the idea that they may initiate communication with humans voluntarily opens up a new ...

3am Jamie Roberts 16:37, 07 Jun 2025 Updated 16:43, 07 Jun 2025 James Whale has stage four kidney cancer (Image: Instagram/jameswhaleradio) ...

A humpback whale tethered to the sea floor by a rope was rescued off the coast of Australia after a local fisherman spotted the animal in distress, video shows.

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the ...

Whale likely entangled in fishing nets and died a few days before body was washed ashore The carcass of a 35-foot blue whale has been discovered in Balochistan’s Gwater Bay. X/WWF-Pakistan A 35 ...