They have mammary glands, lactate, and nurse their young. Whales all have hair follicles, although most do not grow and retain hair. They also have the three middle ear bones typical of mammals. In ...

A stately home has issued an appeal to reclaim bones taken as souvenirs from a 48-foot whale skeleton – described in the classic book Moby Dick. The sperm whale was taken to Burton Constable ...

For too long, Humpback whales' urinary contributions to the ocean have been overlooked. Photograph By Martin Van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In the deep blue water, a one-month-old humpback whale ...

A pair of endangered North Atlantic right whales have finally been spotted again off Florida's west coast, and the good news is the right whales appear to be headed back to the right ocean.

The pain is caused by an increase in pressure on nerves that run through the wrist. Bursitis is the most common cause of arm and shoulder pain. It is when there is inflammation in the fluid-filled sac ...

Even for the world’s largest animals, “when you gotta go, you gotta go.” Whale’s volcanic poop offers up a treasure trove of biological information and nutrients for the ocean. Not to be ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sea rescuers and wildlife activists in dinghies approach a whale to cut it loose from fishing nets off the ...

A humpback whale and her calf are two of thousands of whales who create a newly discovered "conveyor belt," carrying huge quantities of critical nutrients from high latitudes to the tropics. (Credit: ...

This includes some of the whale species that frequent the Salish Sea. So when whales go viral in other parts of the world, like the man who was recently swallowed and spit out by a humpback whale ...

From your shoulders to your fingers, your arms have many moving parts: joints, bones, muscles, nerves, tendons and ligaments. Mysterious arm pain that seemingly comes out of nowhere can arise if ...