Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

A group of whale watchers, look in horror as a huge humpback whale emerges from the water and swallows two kayakers whole!

A new study has found that whale songs can act as a barometer for the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems.

There are over 90 whale species. Some of the most famous whale species are humpback whales, sperm whales, blue whales and narwhals. Despite their name, killer whales — or orcas — are not whales.

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

Both blue whales and humpbacks were depleted from hunting, but some humpback and other whale populations are rebounding after ...

Let’s take a closer look! Humpback whales are a significant member of the Rorqual family, a group of baleen whales, but they are not the largest; the blue whale holds that title. These ...

However, their diets are distinct. While blue whales only eat krill, humpback whales eat krill and small schooling fish such as anchovy. If the prey species are more abundant and more densely ...

The study, published in March in the journal Nature Communications, calculates that in oceans across the globe, great whales ...

For too long, Humpback whales' urinary contributions to the ocean have been overlooked. Photograph By Martin Van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In the deep blue water, a one-month-old humpback whale ...