The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...
Computer models helped decode whale communication. But some scientists say there are barriers that cannot be overcome.
The setting is idyllic: palm trees, thatched palapa roofs, buildings painted in fruit-basket colors. It’s a place where ...
Minister Noonan seeks public help in investigating the shooting of a rare White-tailed Sea Eagle near Lough Owel, Westmeath ...
With the Biden administration’s time in office coming to an end, regulators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Koala and Curlew are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, which is unusual for right whales.
Many members of the international community consider whale-hunting a barbaric practice that should have been banned decades ago.  But some countries have ...
SEATTLE — The mother orca known as J35, or Tahlequah, has been seen carrying her deceased calf for at least 11 days, drawing attention to the critically endangered southern resident killer whales.
Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for ...
A young humpback whale wrapped in fishing net beached in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, stoking calls for fishermen to avoid abandoning ...
Most male humpback whales in a Pacific Ocean population do not have offspring — and bad singing might be to blame, new research reveals. Scientists recently conducted a paternity analysis of a ...
As few as 7% of male humpback whales in the south Pacific Ocean sire offspring, according to a new study. Photo from Amy Humphries, UnSplash Most male humpback whales in a Pacific Ocean population ...