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

Killer whales are known for their haunting songs consisting of complex whistles and clicks, but they can also learn "dolphin speak," a new study finds. She and her team collected sound recordings ...

Bottlenose dolphins provide a useful comparison species in this respect: they make generally similar sounds but produce them in different proportions, relying more on clicks and whistles than the ...

If you've ever seen a dolphin swim, you may have wondered why they undulate their bodies up and down when swimming, instead of side to side as fishes do. Though they have a fishlike body, cetaceans (a ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --Whale and dolphin societies are rich, complex and remarkably "human-like," scientists argue in a new paper published this week in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. As ...

Because whales and dolphins go without fresh oxygen for long periods of time, their DNA is often damaged and must be mended. But this particular repair enzyme does messy work, introducing errors ...

Scientists have known about the complex communication dolphins and whales have with each other, but have stopped short of calling such communication language. A Russian study published in 2016 claimed ...

Compared to ancient ancestors all modern whales and dolphins have extra vertebrae in their tails, giving them more flexibility and swimming power, and a very narrow base to the tail, just before ...

Published today in the online journal PLOS ONE, the study is the first to show that the survival of whales and dolphins depends on the quality of their diets and this plays an important role in ...

Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something ...

Whale and Dolphin Conservation's funding comes from a variety of sources, which the report lists by percentage of funding. The group reported $591,533 in assets for 2024. Individual contributions: 30% ...