Whales

These massive aquatic mammals are the largest animals on the planet. Dive deep into the latest research on whale anatomy, songs, social dynamics, habitat, populations, and more.

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beluga whales
Animals

Beluga Whale Live Cam brings the ‘canaries of the sea’ to your screen

By Laura Baisas

a long and lean sei whale swimming in the ocean
Animals

Dozens of rare, endangered whales spotted off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard

By Laura Baisas

three sperm whales swimming near the surface of the ocean
Animals

Sperm whales may have their own ‘alphabet’

By Laura Baisas

two white beluga whales at the surface of the water
Animals

Toothed whales traded chewing for echolocation to evolve

By Laura Baisas

killer whale jumping out of water an orca
Animals

The fascinating truth about killer whales

By Craig Welch / Hakai Magazine

a black and white orca whale leaps out of the ocean while hunting a sea lion. another whale is surfacing near by.
Animals

How crafty orca whales hunt near submarine canyons

By Laura Baisas

An orca whale hunts a great white shark. Blood is seen near the orca's mouth.
Animals

Orca observed hunting and killing a great white shark by itself for the first time

By Laura Baisas

tail of a humpback whale in the ocean sticking out of the waves
AI

Why scientists are tracking whale tails with AI

By Mack DeGeurin

A single humpback whale calf swimming in the waters off of French Polynesia.
Animals

We finally know how baleen whales make noise

By Laura Baisas

A killer whale in the Salish Sea is observed harassing a porpoise, a behavior that has long perplexed scientists.
Animals

Why are these orcas harassing porpoises? Scientists have 3 theories.

By Laura Baisas

Manatee in a patch of sunlight
Animals

Sea the beauty of the world’s oceans with these 12 award-worthy photos

By Popular Science Team

An orca whale swims around an ice flow with a crabeater seal and penguin on the ice.
Animals

New series offers an intimate look into how climate change impacts the lives of wildlife

By Laura Baisas

The truth behind animal resistance memes
Animals

The truth behind animal resistance memes

By Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond / The Conversation

An illustration of an ancient whale against a sea-blue background.
Animals

This tiny, 8-foot long whale swam off Egypt’s coast 41 million years ago

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

An artist's rendition of the Perucetus colossus.
Animals

This giant sea cow-like whale may have been the heaviest creature to ever live on Earth

By Sara Kiley Watson

Bull elk in the wilderness
Animals

Like whales and bats, elk have regional dialects

By Kylie Mohr / High Country News

Ocean waves crashing.
Animals

How climate change is pushing oxygen out of the world’s oceans

By Carla Delgado

wall of taxidermy animals and skeletons
Animals

Humans are dangerous predators because we love collecting weird animals

By Emily Harwitz / Hakai Magazine

An artist’s reconstruction of Olympicetus thalassodon pursuing a school of fishes alongside plotopterid birds (background) somewhere in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.
Animals

This dolphin ancestor looked like a cross between Flipper and Moby Dick

By Laura Baisas

Orca whale pod off Iberian coast from the subpopulation of orcas attacking sailboats in Europe
Animals

Orcas are attacking boats. But is it revenge or trauma?

By Zayna Syed

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