Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to ...

Researchers used drones to sample whale blow and discovered cetacean morbillivirus in Arctic whales for the first time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deadly virus is striking Arctic whales. Humpback whales in Norway, along with one sperm whale and one pilot whale, were found to ...

Arctic marine life is notoriously difficult to study because of its remoteness. But drones have enabled whales to be monitored and diagnosed while being minimally invasive, according to a new study.

Scientists have discovered a new, much less invasive method for testing whales for pathogens. In the past, scientists needed ...

Drones have been used to successfully collect samples from the exhaled breath - or “blow” - from wild humpback, sperm and fin whales in northern Norway, hailing a new era of non-invasive health ...

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas. By Alexa Robles-Gil In northern Norway, scientists detected a disease-causing virus in ...