The gray whales make a remarkable 10,000-to-12,000-mile round trip migration from Alaska to their Mexican nurseries each year ...

Whales' large size also helps them stay warm, since bigger animals lose heat more slowly than smaller ones do. Whales, like most mammals, give birth to live babies . Whales give birth to one calf at a ...

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the longest migration of any mammal,” says Roman. “So they connect areas close to ...

Two adult females of the extremely endangered North Atlantic right whale population are swimming far from home waters, ...

Morgan, a captive orca, has given birth for the second time and now face a lifetime in a aquatic tank, performing for ...

Blue whales migrate during summer to feed in colder regions where krill is plentiful, like in the waters off California. They return to warmer regions such as the Gulf of California and the eastern ...

It's still unclear exactly why the whales migrate, but it's likely that pregnant females in particular find it more beneficial to give birth and nurse their young in warm, shallow, sheltered areas ...

Whale watching and numerous other activities highlight the 40th “Whale of a Day” at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center.

the impacts may be even greater in the areas where baleen whales commonly breed and give birth.” In 2010, scientists revealed that whales, feeding at depth and defecating at the surface, provide a ...

cold waters where they feed to warm shores near the equator where they mate and give birth. Much of this is in the form of urine, though sloughed skin, dead whale carcasses, calf faeces ...

Given the critically endangered status of North Atlantic right whales, every birth is vital for population recovery." The pair were spotted last Tuesday about five miles west of Great Island ...