Biological matter left behind in the water allows us to follow these animals without ever setting eyes on them.
From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – ...
Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help scientists understand how the animals communicate.
For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that whales evolved from aquatic creatures as the oceans warmed and became ...
As if soaring above the brilliant blue ocean isn’t spectacular enough, the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team recently ...
A juvenile whale shark swam from Madagascar to Seychelles, marking the first confirmed movement between the two nations.
The sighting marks the first time endangered blue whales have been recorded in this area of Massachusetts waters.
Whales carry tons of nutrients in their pee thousands of miles across the oceans. © Martin van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In 2010, two researchers in the U.S ...
Right whales can also be difficult to spot from boats due to their dark-colored skin and lack of a dorsal fin.