A superbly timed photo of two whales diving in unison, titled 'Double Fluke,' has been awarded this week's 'Photo of the Week ...

What better way to track whales than listening in on them? Passive acoustic monitoring, in which microphones are placed ...

For Filip Hasson, a trip to B.C. last fall was an unforgettable one when he got very up close with a humpback whale.

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

Whale meat was available as an alternative to beef, pork and chicken at a time when food rationing was still in place. And whale oil was used as a lubricant in industry and to make margarine.

Bryde's whale - Auckland New Zealand. Image by Aucklandwhale, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Who would’ve ...

Some toothed whales use only their teeth to capture and grab prey and swallow it whole, while others chew their food. Some whales may hunt by opening their mouths wide and pushing out a lot of ...