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This itty bitty bat flew across two continents at record speed
The female journeyed more than 1,500 miles, from frigid Russia to the scenic French Alps.
Whale-monitoring robots are oceanic eavesdroppers with a mission
Robotic buoys and gliders from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution can provide near real-time detection for whale sounds.
Even blue whales aren’t safe from orcas
Whale-on-whale warfare is real—and absolutely brutal.
Baleen whales have an ‘oral plug’ to help them guzzle down food without choking
The newly-discovered fatty structure in fin whales might seal the upper airway during swallowing.
These ancient marine reptiles got very big, very fast
They left whales in the evolutionary dust.
Biologists vastly underestimated how much whales eat and poop
The creatures' large body size made quantifying their diets and waste an arduous task.
As El Niño years get worse, right whales suffer
Whales are part of an important feedback loop in mitigating climate change, and are likely to face population decrease as El Niño years increase in intensity.
A rare humpback whale ‘megapod’ was spotted snacking off the Australian coast
The gobble gathering may also be a foreboding sign of climate change.
These killer whales go through menopause
Few mammals go through menopause, and the Biggs killer whale is one of them.
How bomb detectors discovered a hidden pod of singing blue whales
Underwater microphones have picked up the loud mammal's newest song.