Scientists have been aware for some time that whales contribute to marine ecosystems by "recycling" nutrients. However, the ...

Satellite tracking and decades of survey data point to one major factor. Scientists issue warning after observing concerning ...

The ocean is anything but quiet with animals making a variety of unique sounds, but what happens when the ocean gets too loud ...

Marine mammal care centers worry NOAA furloughs and cuts over a longer period could reduce oversight for ocean creatures.

Humpback whales are known to sing, though researchers have yet to identify the exact reason why Sound is a vital form of communication for all species, and humpback whales are no different. According ...

Humans have discovered ways to get rid of old, dead skin cells – and it turns out humpback whales have made this self-care advancement, too. Whales will roll around in sandy, shallow bay areas to ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

It was an Inuit whale hunter who first spotted them: three juvenile California gray whales, trapped in frozen seas near Point ...

The aquarium says these "deep-diving" whales are a rare sight. Rare sighting alert!  Three True’s beaked whales were spotted by our Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life aerial... "People who maybe go ...

Whales are among the loudest animals on Earth, but even they can be susceptible to harm from excessive or overly loud noise in the ocean. Scientists have measured blue whales calls as loud as 190 ...

A pod of orcas in the Gulf of California has repeatedly hunted juvenile white sharks to feast on their livers.

Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico have been spotted hunting young great white sharks by flipping them over to incapacitate them before eating their energy-filled liver, new ...