Cook Inlet beluga whales, an endangered Alaskan population of about 300, use distinct call types for different activities.

North Atlantic right whales had their best calving season in 15 years, but experts remain 'cautiously optimistic'.

Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales face a crisis they can’t outswim — and a recent move by the federal government threatens to make a dire situation even worse.

Alaska's Cook Inlet was home to nearly 1,300 beluga whales in the late 1970s, but today the population hovers around 300. Despite almost two decades of recovery work, the whales aren't bouncing back.

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will help predict endangered whale habitat, guiding ships along the Atlantic coast to avoid them. The tool is designed to prevent ...

A new approach to better assessing whale population data has emerged, led by a research team of marine biologists from ...

While remoras are known to be rather clingy, some are getting too close for comfort by diving into manta rays’ backsides, per ...

Record births are slowing the endangered species’ decline, potentially shifting the regulatory landscape for the state's ...

Baleen plates serve as whale diaries, preserving years of hormonal data. A new study in the journal PLOS One shows that, with ...

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