Researchers captured what they believed was the first-ever footage of a humpback whale calf nursing from its mother underwater, taken off the eastern coast of Australia in September. This footage ...

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Evidence from Brazil’s coast suggests Indigenous communities hunted whales 5,000 years ago, pushing back the origins of ...

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A research trip along the coast of Baja California, Mexico, led to a world first. Scientists from Oregon State University and the U.S. military's Naval Information Warfare Center were aboard the ...

An open-source whale tag that records sound, movement, and environmental data will enable scientists to study and decode ...

Humpback whales are massive, intelligent, and social creatures residing in all oceans around the globe. These whales can grow up to 60 feet long and weigh up to 80,000 pounds, according to Oceana.