One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains ...

More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally recognize — at least in name. Charles Melville Scammon submitted a ...

Scientists say they discovered that two well-known types of killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean are actually two separate species and not just different races. In a study published Wednesday, ...

Scientists have proven a mammal that was believed to be a whale subspecies is actually a new species entirely, and the new species is critically endangered. Researchers took a closer look at the ...

Beaked whales are rarely spotted. Now scientists are using underwater sounds to help identify these elusive creatures.

Scientists photograph the elusive ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, the source of the BW43 echolocation pulse, for the first time.

“Yes, sadly back in the days of whaling, the Right Whales were called ‘Right Whales’ because they swam close to the coast and would float after they were killed, so the whalers started saying, ‘that’s ...