We could all use a buddy to help us track down dinner from time to time. Sarah Fortune, a marine ecologist at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, and her colleagues used drones and camera-equipped ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through ...

(NewsNation) — A recent study shows that the interactions between whales and dolphins are frequent and widespread around the world. In the study, published in Discover Animals, researchers looked at ...

The drones carry Petri dishes and hover over the blowholes of northern whales. Droplets of their respiratory fluid land on ...

Discover the key differences between dolphins and whales, including their size, body structure, feeding habits, social ...

A new study has investigated hundreds of videos and images taken by the public, tourism operators and scientists to better understand a rarely studied behavior among whales and dolphins—do they ...

The relationship between whales and dolphins has long been shrouded in mystery. But, new research reveals that — despite their vast difference in size — these marine mammals often enjoy playful ...

Wikie and her son Keijo are the last killer whales living in France and have been left in deteriorating conditions since ...

Staff at the Plymouth-based nonprofit group Whale and Dolphin Conservation never know when they will receive the next call about a whale that washed ashore or a report about a seal that just doesn't ...

Swimming at the beach, you quickly notice something huge thrashing in the water. Panic vanishes as you realize it is a whale, stranded by the tide. What do you do? Swimming at the beach, you quickly ...

It was a once-in-a-lifetime encounter. A tour group encountered two whales and a pod of dolphins while riding Sea-Doos from Catalina Island to Long Beach. "These whales were either curious or playful.