Whales are eutherian, or placental, mammals that give birth to live offspring. They have mammary glands, lactate, and nurse their young. Whales all have hair follicles, although most do not grow and ...

Once born, the mother guides her baby to the surface to take its first breaths of air. They have mammary glands, lactate, and nurse their young. Whales all have hair follicles, although most do not ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean ...

It’s not clear whether the orca is a true albino or its white coloring was caused by another medical condition.

Instead of having teeth, these whales have baleen, which is essentially a filter-feeding system inside their mouth. Baleen is made of keratin — the same protein that makes up human hair and ...

The researchers aboard the underwater vessel recorded its high-pitched song in a footage that is quite hauntingly beautiful.

A video shared to X on Feb. 26, 2025, showed a man standing on the bow of a boat, helping to detangle a fishing net wrapped ...

But on Cape Cod, a sure sign of warmer days is the return of North Atlantic right whales to Cape Cod Bay. Over the past few weeks, scientists from the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown ...

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 ...

Elsa Hosk wore multiple looks on vacation that were both spicy and luxurious, including a one-piece swimsuit and faux whale tale 'fit.

Palaeophis colossaeus, one of the largest known marine snakes of the Eocene, was a coastal predator whose fossils provide ...