Cetaceans can be split into two main types: baleen whales (which have a sieve-like structure within their mouth to catch tiny fish when they take a gulp of water) and toothed whales (which eat prey ...

Researcher Imran Samad’s new short film on the endangered Indian Ocean humpback dolphins of Goa draws attention to these intelligent, highly social animals ...

A dolphin breaking the surface for air can seem like a reminder of its mammalian past. But evolution is not nostalgia. The ...

A rare pod of orcas, known as CA-51, has returned to Monterey Bay after a three-year hiatus, delighting whale watchers and ...

Over the long and complicated course of evolutionary history, mammals independently turned towards water to make a home ...

Belugas and bottlenose dolphins have long brought glory to Canada's Marineland. Animals of the ocean were reduced to ...

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A trio of mysterious killer whales spotted in Vancouver Harbour last week has sparked excitement among marine researchers ...

The story of the harbour porpoise tells us that conservation can work. It tells us that our waters can still support vibrant, ...

Wikie and Keijo, stuck in unhealthy situations in France, deserve a safe place of refuge now, not promises of a better life that may not materialize.

Florida law enforcement and independent fact‑checkers confirmed a viral dolphin kidnapping social media story is fiction.

A dolphin murder mystery is playing out on Patagonia’s shores: multiple mass strandings, with scores of dolphins washing up for no easily discernable reason. In one such event in 2021, for example, 52 ...