The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated at the ...

Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

Effective and noninvasive whale and biodiversity monitoring is now possible with the help of citizen scientists, opening up ...

The vocalisation of a dwarf minke whale sounds so strange and resonant it has been likened to a Star Wars lightsaber.

North Atlantic right whale is "likely to die" after becoming entangled, NOAA says 01:30. The world's most endangered large whale species is even closer to extinction than researchers previously ...

A newly-found whale species, which only has 50 individuals and is the only large whale to live year-round in U.S. waters, is at risk of extinction, officials said.

Scientists made an incredible discovery last year: a small, "unique" group of baleen whales in the Gulf of Mexico that make up an entirely new species. The whales — up to 60,000 pounds each ...

A young North Atlantic right whale will likely die after getting severely entangled, ... The species got its name from being the “right” whales to hunt, since they floated when killed.

New Whale Species Identified In Gulf Of Mexico, Scientists Say The Rice's whale can grow to 42 feet and is critically endangered, with fewer than 100 left. National.