Whales

In 2018, nonprofit Gotham Whale spotted 272 whales in New York City waters.

A harness taken from the beluga whale bore the words "Equipment of St. Petersburg."

Study of shark carcasses discovered in 2017 indicate the presence of "super predator" killer whales.

"Boats and planes can't go everywhere," one scientist said. Satellites on the other hand...

Russia in particular has grabbed headlines with renewed submarine activity in the Atlantic.

The three-year-old female has been in poor condition for months now.

The whale was identified as a finback—the second largest mammal species on Earth after the blue whale.

Canadian and American biologists are trying to save the killer whale.

Controversy remains over its orca programme.

Hybridization among different species is not unheard of.

The 18-year-old fell 30 feet into the water when he lost his footing.

"This is an unacceptable tragedy."

Come for the viral tweets, stay for the whale facts.

"There's always something new being discovered, Velez-Juarbe said. "The discoveries are coming faster than we can include them in our own work."

Researchers found that related beluga whales returned to the same locations every year and that this behavior was passed down from generation to generation, likely from mother to calf.

The novelty of a cool beach carcass wears off when the stinkiness starts.

Researchers recorded an incredible variety of freeform songs over a four year period.

The other rare sighting occurred in February.

Photos show the shoreline littered with giant pilot whale carcasses.

Eating crab doesn't just kill crabs.

It took less than a week for social media users to give the whale scientist her name.

The minke whale camera is part of an ongoing effort to better protect Antarctica's whale feeding areas.

The 66-foot mammal washed up on the southern coast of Chile.

Technically, dolphins are whales, and whales are more closely related to cows than sharks.

New research shows that orcas are amazingly good at imitating human speech.

Despite legal protection, North Atlantic right whales keep getting struck accidentally by fishing boats and entangled in gear.

In most animals, stress and exercise increase heart rates.

Dozens of species in the reserve cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

For 200 years the bones were forgotten by locals and visitors.

More than half of North Atlantic Right Whale deaths since 2009 were from becoming entangled with nets.