Famed for whale sharks, Ningaloo is also a safe nursery forlactating humpback whales and their newborn calves.

Communication isn't rare in nature, but whale song features a statistical complexity that matches human speech, and that is ...

Some philosophers believe that creating art requires intention; for example, a sculptor will mold clay with the intention of having it look like Abraham Lincoln. And nonhuman animals, they’ll argue, ...

Without being able to get into the heads of animals, it’s hard to say for sure. But instances of pig painters, whale crooners ...

To see a breaching whale, a soaring bald eagle, bears catching salmon, or a bison up close are unforgettable, awe-inspiring ...

Heartbreaking footage has surfaced showing a humpback whale calf struggling to free itself from a netting that seems ...

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

A recent study by Stony Brook University postdoctoral fellow Mason Youngblood revealed the complex efficiency of whale ...

One major example of this process can be seen in the thousands of humpback whales that travel from a vast feeding area in the Gulf of Alaska to a more restricted area in Hawaii where they breed ...

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and humpback whales that cruise the coast during their annual migrations.