Latest Whales Stories
Orcas are attacking boats. But is it revenge or trauma?
How echolocation lets bats, dolphins, and even people navigate by sound
These whales might follow their noses to their next snack in the surf
Turf wars between whales and crabbers have increased due to climate change
After 50 years in captivity, Lolita the orca may be freed
Critically endangered right whales are losing the battle against fishing boats
Toothed whales turned their vocal fry into a hunting superpower
A group of humpback whales is choosing violence
Raising male offspring comes at a high price for orca mothers
Millions of years ago, marine reptiles may have used Nevada as a birthing ground
As belugas disappear, so does irreplaceable cultural knowledge
Noise pollution messes with beluga whales’ travel plans
These now-extinct whales were kind of like manatees
How do blue whales find food? They check the weather.
Seabirds can be the bread crumbs for tracking elusive whales
This whale fossil could reveal evidence of a 15-million-year-old megalodon attack
World’s largest shipping company reroutes ships to protect world’s largest animals
Eating sustainably may mean skipping the lobster for now
For marine life to survive, we must cut carbon emissions
A baby orca sparks a glimmer of hope for an endangered group of whales
An Antarctic feeding frenzy means good news for vulnerable fin whales
Megalodons liked to snack on sperm whale snouts
Boat noise is driving humpback whale moms into deep, dangerous water
Whale-monitoring robots are oceanic eavesdroppers with a mission
Even blue whales aren’t safe from orcas
Baleen whales have an ‘oral plug’ to help them guzzle down food without choking
These ancient marine reptiles got very big, very fast
Biologists vastly underestimated how much whales eat and poop
As El Niño years get worse, right whales suffer
A rare humpback whale ‘megapod’ was spotted snacking off the Australian coast
These killer whales go through menopause
Nine Populations Of Humpback Whales Leap Off Endangered Species List
Drones revealed the intricate social lives of these killer whales
How bomb detectors discovered a hidden pod of singing blue whales
Carcasses are the best clues we have for these mysterious whales
How Do You Autopsy a Whale?
Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why
Sperm whales have a surprisingly deep—and useful—culture
Remembering one of history’s greatest whale explosions
The secret to helping this resilient whale species lies in its genes
We can protect whales from ship strikes by translating their songs
Whale ‘roadkill’ is on the rise off California. A new detection system could help.
Finally, some good news about humpback whales
What’s big, lives underwater, and fights climate change with its body and booty? Whale give you one guess.
Four-legged whales once straddled land and sea
The toxins of our past still threaten the future of killer whales
What I learned from getting covered in whale snot
How whale corpses feed ocean floors
Drones can take scientists to strange new places—like inside whale snot
A new study on whales suggests Darwin didn’t quite get it right
Look to large bodies to understand long life spans
Listen to this orca saying ‘hello’—for science!
Humans may be scaring narwhals to death
Space weather may be killing sperm whales
To save endangered whales, look to the poop
Why whales are back in New York City
Whales today are bigger than ever before. Now, we know why.
This ancient whale had teeth, but it still sucked food off the ocean floor
A disturbing number of humpback whales are dying off the east coast
Here’s the first video of one of the planet’s most elusive beaked whales
Why can whale nerves stretch and turn like bungee cords?
How New Zealand is avoiding hundreds of exploding whale corpses
To understand the evolution of menopause, just look at family drama—in killer whales
Granny, the world’s oldest known orca, is likely dead