The intimate family lives of blue whales, including a blue whale nursing its calf underwater, has been revealed in extraordinary footage captured in a project led by an international marine ecologist ...

A San Diego-based ecotour operator has captured stunning aerial footage, perhaps first of its kind, showing Cuvier’s beaked whales swimming along the surface. “You’ve heard of blue whales, you’ve ...

Killer whales and dolphins have been found hunting together for the first time. Canadian scientists said the two species had developed a “strategic allegiance” to hunt salmon in deep water. A study in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have observed dolphins and killer whales hunting together for the first time as part of a new study released on ...

When paddleboarding in the ocean, you never know what kind of animals you’ll encounter. But we’re guessing that getting a little push from a Southern right whale is likely not something you expect.

Regarded as some of the largest animals in our oceans, which creature is bigger: the giant squid vs blue whale? While blue whales are well-studied, very little is known about giant squid. But just how ...

Footage from the BBC's new nature series "Parenthood" shows orcas practicing an important blue whale-hunting technique on each other. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remora’s whale-surfing joyride. Scientists tracking humpbacks off the coast of Australia ...

Deep below the surface of the Pacific, some of the planet’s largest predators are quietly inhaling astonishing numbers of squid, with new research showing that individual whales can consume up to 202 ...