Whales travel through the ocean, lunging, leaping, and playing, with grace and swiftness that belie their huge size. The ...

The vocalisation of a dwarf minke whale sounds so strange and resonant it has been likened to a Star Wars lightsaber.

Many animals that live in water need to come up to the surface to breathe, but they can still spend impressive lengths of ...

Humpback whales are some of the largest creatures on Earth and live in every one of the planet’s oceans. Their seasonal ...

Whereas humans breathe through their nose and mouth, whales have a blowhole on the top of their head—or two in the case of baleen whales. This is “like a nostril,” says Cunningham.

It's migration season. Find out where to go to spot humpbacks, orcas, dolphins and more on the Monterey County coast.

In a world full of bad news, there’s been good news in whale conservation. Many of the great whales are coming back. In fact, ...

North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered. Now, they're unexpectedly showing up in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Radio and TV personality James Whale was first diagnosed with cancer in 2000, but now it has spread all over his body ...

Secondly, for animals to hold their breath, they need lungs, said John Spicer, a marine zoologist at the University of Plymouth in the U.K. "Holding breath only applies to animals with lungs and ...