"Possible causes include global climate change, extreme environmental events, and evolutionary mechanisms of the species.” ...

Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring. Further, males who sired at ...

But seeing humpback whales in the English Channel is far more rare. Thea Taylor, Managing Director at the Sussex Dolphin ...

Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important ...

The humpback whale that washed up on Long Beach this week ... NYC0393 was one of the astounding 100 new whales that the research center cataloged in 2024 — a jaw-dropping sum compared to the ...

Giant ships that transport everything from coffee cups to clothes across the ocean are often so large they can’t tell when ...

Like Loch Ness in Scotland, the Shannon Estuary in Ireland has long been home to a fabled sea monster. Known as a Cathaigh — ...

Koala and Curlew are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, which is unusual for ...

Two humpback whales were rescued in separate incidents by disentangling them from lines in waters off Maui at the Hawaiian ...

Two humpback whales were freed of life-threatening entanglements on Jan. 8 and 9 off the coast of Maui in the Hawaiian ...

Wildlife watchers were treated to sights of the once-endangered whales off the Sussex coast, from Eastbourne to Hastings.

Cetaceans—marine mammals that include dolphins, porpoises, and whales—are crucial to coastal ecology. Their presence fosters ...