Humans may have taken over the planet with our amazing intellect, but that doesn't mean the animal kingdom is filled with ...

A diver, who was freediving with orcas, narrowly avoided being hit by the humpback’s tail in Norway.

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

Humpback whales have been unveiled as the subject of the latest set of commemorative stamps, to be released this week. The ...

Humpback whales have been spotted in the waters just off the Cornish coast, much to the delight and awe of all lucky enough to catch a glimpse of these mysterious creatures. Hundreds of people ...

Humpbacks are frequenting the Arctic Less ice might also mean new territory for humpback whales. Kate Stafford, who is an oceanographer and a professor at the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon ...

Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) said a group of 157 false killer whales were stranded on the beach on Wednesday morning. Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service ...

Two humpback whales feed in Beaufort Sea, northeast of Point Barrow. (Kate Stafford) Catching salmon in the North Slope village of Kaktovik was unheard of not too long ago. But resident Robert ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle on Sunday by treating the whale watchers to the rare sight of the apex predators hunting a bird. The pod of Bigg ...

A 16-ft. female beaked whale of the genus Mesoplodon, family Ziphiidae, drifted ashore at Delmar, about 15 miles north of San Diego, California, on June 10, 1954, One of us (R. M. G.) made body ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

The Highlander is committed to the pursuit of truth, the free exchange of information and ideas and maintaining a fair and independent student voice. The Highlander exists to serve its readership, ...