In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Museums Victoria’s Research Institute have described a new species of ancient whale, Janjucetus dullardi, based on a 26-million-year-old fossil found ...

Whale deaths are on the rise along the New England coastline. Researchers are investigating why three whales died in Cape Cod Bay in less than a week. As WBUR reported, the researchers believe that ...

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A surveillance team has found the remains of an endangered North Atlantic right whale 75 miles off the coast of Nova ...

A pair of scientific surveys recently turned up a few surprises on the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles. First, there were the thousands of naval weapons. And then, researchers found the remains ...

MONTEREY >> Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean’s surface, the planet’s largest-toothed predator hunts for prey, which could include a giant squid or even a shark. Since the deep ocean is dark, the ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and fish ...