Whale bones on South Georgia Island. Credit: Scott Baker, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University Research shows that 20th-century commercial whaling has left a mark…
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Life reconstruction of two individuals of the extinct basilosaurid whale Tutcetus rayanensis, with the foreground individual preying on a nautilid cephalopod and another swimming in…
A new study found that smaller Antarctic minke whales would not be able to survive, as they would not capture enough food using the lunge-feeding…
A study published in Scientific Reports has uncovered the genes that likely enabled whales to grow to enormous sizes compared to their ancestors. The research…
New 3D model shows that megalodon could eat prey the size of entire killer whales. Credit: J. J. Giraldo Megalodon, the largest shark that ever…
Researchers can now accurately predict the diets of remote killer whale populations using their blubber fatty acids. Credit: Dr. Rune Dietz from Aarhus University Unlocking…
Baleen whale feeding. Scientists from UNSW Sydney have uncovered the secrets locked in the jawlines of humpback and southern right whales. Baleen plates – the…
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal to ever inhabit our planet. Despite its gargantuan size, many aspects of its biology, behavior, and…
Humpback whale. Ever wondered whether whales can burp, and why they don’t drown when they gulp down gallons of water and krill? New UBC research…
The skull of the first giant creature to ever inhabit the Earth, the ichthyosaur “Cymbospondylus youngorum” currently on display at the Natural History Museum of…
Melting ice opens new predation ground for killer whales as they spend more time in previously neglected territory. Killer whales are intelligent, adaptive predators, often…
Researchers from Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz and Duke University investigate a humpback whale by boat and drone in the surface waters near the Western…
New research published today in the journal Nature finds that gigantic baleen whales—such as blue, fin and humpback whales—eat an average of three times more…
A right whale breaches the surface. Warming oceans have driven the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population from its traditional and protected habitat, exposing…
Killer whales have complex social structures including close “friendships,” according to a new study that used drones to film the animals. The findings show that…
Stock photo of a beached pilot whale carcass. A new study published by the open access publisher Frontiers shows the usefulness of opportunistically collected specimens,…
September 27, 2015 The unexpected discovery of a whale skeleton hundreds of miles from the sea and more than 200 feet above sea level in…
A humpback whale. The songs of fin whales can be used for seismic imaging of the oceanic crust, providing scientists a novel alternative to conventional…
The nutrients produced by whales when they poo has been found to fertilize the interior of forests around the world. Big animals have the power…
A southern resident killer whale swims in the Salish Sea in 2018. An endangered species, this population of just over 70 individuals lives year-round off…