Compared to other marine animals, whales have been understudied. Spending their lives in the open ocean, sometimes in very ...

Humpback whales have devised a clever strategy that allows them to scarf down lots of food in just a handful of gulps. Called “bubble netting,” this well-documented strategy involves swimming in ...

Project CETI, you may recall, is the same group that recently released footage showing adult sperm whales collaborating as doulas to help one of their own give birth. That researc ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Whale Mobile, a life-size 40-foot inflatable whale, made a visit to RCSD School No. 34 on Thursday. Students got an immersive experience where they could see the sheer scale of ...

A UNSW-led study published today shows humpback whales are being born much further south than previously thought, with sightings extending as far as Tasmania – more than 1500 kilometres ahead of the ...

Humpback whales sometimes use this very intricate, very cool strategy to catch fish. It is called bubble-net feeding. As NPR's Nate Rott reports, a new study suggests the whales are teaching each ...