The research team applied new techniques for mapping networks in the excised brains of dead, stranded cetaceans to examine ...

You don't hear the impending arrival of a whale at first; you feel it. There's a shift in the atmosphere, a sudden silence, and then a blow with a breath so heavy that it cuts through the air with ...

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Ahmedabad: A 28-foot whale shark tagged with a tracker in December completed a 4,000-kilometre journey across the Arabian Sea over 100 days and circled back to the starting point off the Gujarat ...

You pull out your map. It is unhelpfully vague, includes no topographical features, and you can’t even zoom in properly to get a closer look. Gamers the world over know this struggle.

While gray whales and killer whales are the most well known whales off the Oregon coast, the state boasts many other species of these majestic mammals. That’s right. More than a dozen whale species ...

Off California, a North Pacific right whale, one of fewer than 50 in U.S. waters, lingered near a research boat for 20 minutes, giving scientists a close look at this rare species. Anglers in ...

Scientists have begun harnessing the powerful, low-frequency songs of whales to map the ocean floor—a technique that promises to transform our understanding of underwater topography while minimizing ...

These tours are generally beneficial for whales, but they can also stress them out. Here’s how to ensure that your trip does more good than harm. A gray whale “spyhops,” a vertical position ...

By Elizabeth Anne Brown Run-ins with humans are a leading cause of death for humpback whales — and new research may explain why these gentle giants are so vulnerable to collisions with boats and ...