Dolphins and porpoises are actually whales. But whales are whales too. And so are narwhals. Sorry for springing that on you ...

There are mainly two families of whales: baleen whales and toothed whales. There are 14 species of baleen whales including ...

The 39-foot gray whale carcass was discovered floating off Marina del Rey on Saturday with most of its head missing.

Scientists confirm that orcas and dolphins have lost the ability to return to dry land due to irreversible evolutionary ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

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Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations and ...

Whale song can be as efficient as – and, in some cases, more efficient than – human communication, according to a new study in Science Advances. Meanwhile, new unrelated research in Science further ...