For the first time in recorded history, a group of bowhead whales has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia, far south of their typical Arctic habitat. Researchers from the University of ...

Researchers have provisionally named this new species Leviathan megalodon (not to be confused with the giant prehistoric shark ... maximizing its ability to exploit seasonally abundant food resources ...

(via PBS Eons) Unlike in fiction, giant whales do not emerge fully-formed from the ocean deep. So, where did Livyatan melvillei come from? How did such a large predator live? And what caused the titan ...

While other large whales and sharks may have been their rivals, nothing came close to taking megalodons’ top spot. Just how big megalodons were is the subject of debate in the scientific community.

Another dead whale was discovered in the waters of the San Francisco Bay, the fifth creature found in the area in less than a month, officials said. The female gray whale drifted overnight on ...

A dead gray whale was found rolling in the surf off Alameda South Shore Beach, according to the Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences. The whale marks the fourth gray whale ...

There are fourteen species of baleen whale – including blue, bowhead, right, fin, humpback, minke, and gray whales. Baleen whales are whales that have “baleen plates” instead of teeth.

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ever existed and are found all over the world. Despite their size, baleen ...

Taking to the seas with the Atlantic Whale and Dolphin Foundation. The urgency of acting to protect the thousands of communities of whales across the globe has an undeniable importance. Marine ...