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, ...

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"The low water level prevented them from swimming back to the ocean and they were at risk of dying quickly," noted the poster.

According to local media, the whales were likely chasing mackerel, fish that have migrated north due to warming seas.

Baleen whales don't have teeth, but they and dolphins share a common ancestor, and both rely on complex vocal communication in a dark underwater environment.

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers have discovered that baleen whales actually consume at least three times as much krill as originally estimated. Previously, scientists estimated ...

Whale song is documented in baleen whales, such as humpbacks, fin whales, blue whales, and bowhead whales. How they produce these noises is a mystery because they do not have vocal chords.

The fossil record of baleen whales (Mysticeti) offers a window into one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions among mammals. Early cetaceans evolved from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors ...

She played back "amazing, wild sounds," Stafford recalls. "They weren’t bearded seals, they weren't narwhals, so they must be bowhead whales.". A typical bowhead song lasts for between 45 to 90 ...