Tag: whales

Not the first place you'd expect to find a whale, isn't it?

"Oh my God, I'm in a whale's mouth", the diver wrote on Facebook.

Sometimes, you just need an icebreaker and some classical music to make your day better.

An Australian artist has captured graceful photos of humpbacks and compiled them to in a enchanting book.

Deep-water probes now record fewer decibels of noise as the coronavirus has put a halt on maritime traffic.

God, they're cute.

The discovery stands to change our understanding of the Roman fishing industry and the history of two endangered whale species.

Baleen, one surprising fossil suggests, evolved from gums rather than teeth.

Marine mammals are a strange bunch, and the sea is a very unforgiving environment.

How baleen whale's filter combs appeared is still an intriguing mystery.

That's one really dramatic typo.

Do you think they get self-conscious about their weight?

At some point, mysticetes decided to drop the hook and fish with a net. How did this all happen?

It's a call unlike any other we've heard before.

Given the sheer size of whales, it should be no surprise that they make some very important contributions to ecosystems.

Humpback whales have made an epic return.

We all know the pain and harrowing loneliness of losing a loved one, and it seems whales do too.

Norway is killing more whales than Japan and Iceland combined.

The island nation has recently announced that it will resume whaling operations in the Antarctic Ocean with the purpose of ...

A insightful incursion into the lives of sperm whales shows just how similar these gentle marine giants are to us. ...