A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing ...

The family only knew of the story from newspapers clippings and ... In his decades of lifeboat service, he saved countless people from the cold Irish seas. And years after the blue whale had died near ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

blue whales and narwhals. Despite their name, killer whales — or orcas — are not whales. Instead, they are part of the closely related dolphin family. Many whale species were hunted for their ...

The sperm whale is the largest toothed predator on the planet and the master of the open ocean. The aim of the Blue Planet II team was to capture an intimate family portrait of sperm whales ...