It’s hard to picture a creature so immense that a person could stand inside one of its arteries, yet that’s the reality of ...

Scientists confirmed the first east-to-west Atlantic migration of a North Atlantic right whale, traveling 3,000 miles from ...

Whales are some of the most enigmatic creatures in the oceans that depend on their sense of sound to communicate and mate ...

For centuries, humans have drawn a line between themselves and other species, initially claiming that other animals couldn’t feel pain. Science proved they could. Then the argument shifted: Animals ...

Timo Dersch encountered the whales while freediving in the waters surrounding Norway A freediver observing orcas was interrupted by another species of whale. Earlier in 2025, diver Timo Dersch was ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In Antarctic waters, glaciers calve like distant thunder and the air ...

The immersive exhibition, Wonders of Whales: Into the Depths for a Cetacean Encounter, traces the epic evolutionary path of ...

A National Geographic photographer documented the lives of whales for years. World-renowned photographer Brian Skerry is sharing some of his extraordinary work documenting the lives of whales over ...

A mystery is brewing in the waters off the coast of San Francisco. It started last month, when a female gray whale washed up dead on Black Sands Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. She ...

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 ...

His rescuers, now enlisted for a second time in five years, started referring to him as Dumphrey. “Is Humphrey the dumbest whale in the ocean?” the San Francisco Examiner asked in 1990. Trapped in the ...