Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas.

The future is always just one step away from the accomplishments of the past. And we can always learn from the past to improve the future. When we think of what the future might bring in terms of ...

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

The world’s rarest cetacean could disappear in less than four years unless immediate action is taken by the Mexican government to protect it from entanglement in gillnets deployed illegally in its ...

All cetaceans, including whales, dolphins, and porpoises, are descendants of land-living mammals. How did these terrestrial ancestors morph over millions of years into the whales and dolphins we are ...

Say you want to listen in on a group of super-intelligent aliens whose language you don't understand, and whose spaceship only flies by Earth once an hour. It's not unlike what Harvard scientists and ...

Selling more than 125,000 copies, the 1970 album “Songs of the Humpback Whale” is the bestselling nature recording of all time. Including tracks such as “Distant Whale” and “Three Whale Trip,” the ...

As the annual International Whaling Commission meeting stumbles to a close, unable to negotiate a compromise between whaling opponents and people who've killed more than 40,000 whales since 1985, ...

Robin Zabiegalski (they/them) is a queer, non-binary writer with over eight years of experience writing for digital media. Robin previously covered Star Trek for Heavy.com and has interviewed several ...

In late November 2015, a photo began making the social media rounds, reading: Please ask for dolphin-free cranberries this Thanksgiving. Every year, at least 12,000 cranberry bog dolphins are scooped ...