Killer whales, also known as orcas, are easily recognized by their stunning black and white appearance. These huge animals ...

Whale sharks and baleen whales are all filter feeders, but they filter their food in different ways. Baleen whales have long strand-like teeth hanging from the upper jaw, forming baleen plates.

That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico—and one of the most endangered whales in the world. Scientists estimate that about 50 are left.

This fossilized tympanic bulla, the bony structure that encloses the ear bones, is from a Parietobalaena, an extinct genus of the Baleen whale. This bone is 3cm thick and measures 6cm x 4cm.

A new study reveals that humans used whale bones as tools 20,000 years ago, unlocking secrets of ancient coastal life and ocean ecology. (CREDIT: Domenic Biagini and Gone Whale Watching) ...

Dr. Leigh Hickmott, whale biologist and conservationist, who is an expert on Pack Ice killer whales, and whose research uses them as indicators to assess human disturbance of marine habitats.

The tooth was donated by a descendant of Henry Gerodett, a US Navy enlisted crewman who served in the Mexican-American War. A stamp with a personal name made from a sperm whale tooth is unusual in the ...

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect North Atlantic right whales from lethal collisions with ships in its waters.

Also, sharks were spotted feasting on a dead humpback whale off Long Island. "There's definitely been an uptick in confirmed sightings this week," shark researcher John Chisholm told the Herald.

Managing radioactive waste is one of the core challenges in the use of nuclear energy. In particular, radioactive iodine poses serious environmental and health risks due to its long half-life (15. ...

In the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal, southern residents have been documented detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other.