The bowhead whale is the world’s longest-living mammal, sometimes making it to a staggering 200 years old. How does it do it?

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

Where it lives: Tropical and temperate waters around the world. What it eats: Deep-sea squid, octopuses, crustaceans and fish. Dwarf sperm whales have an unusual way to protect themselves if they come ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill. Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote ...

The bowhead whale (Bowhead whale) is the longest-living mammal on Earth, surviving for over 200 years. Scientists recently ...

A critically endangered species of whale is getting smaller and smaller thanks to climate change. These shrinking giants are North Atlantic right whales, of which there are only an estimated 356 ...

Gray whales that feed in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have shrunk in size by 13% over the past 20 to 30 years, an Oregon State University study found. Once reaching maturity, ...

Monterey Bay Whale Watch spotted their first blue whale of the season on June 20, the organization announced. A video taken that morning shows an aerial view of the massive mammal gliding just beneath ...