Scientists mapped dolphin and whale brains to uncover how echolocation works, revealing they may use sound more like touch ...

The pod of 250 dolphins was even seen participating in some “ocean spa treatment” known as “kelping,” a behavior that can be seen in whales and dolphins as either a means of play or as skin treatment, ...

Whales’ breathing is “very efficient,” adds Pippa Garrard, the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust’s education ... Often depicted in cartoons as a spout of water, she clarifies that ...

Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by ...

Humpback whales were observed blowing bubble rings near humans. This rare behavior may reflect playfulness, curiosity, or ...

TideBreakers / SWNS There are increased calls to find a solution for two killer whales and 12 dolphins that are still being housed in an abandoned marine park in France. Marineland Antibes closed ...

But what if something larger, like a dolphin, entered the path of a blue whale? Could a blue whale accidentally swallow and eat a dolphin? Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are massive even as ...

Very often, whales do not survive a stranding. This species of dolphin can grow up to 8 meters long, weigh up to 4000 kg and live to be 50 to 90 years old. They resemble orcas, which is why they ...

Staff at the Plymouth-based nonprofit group Whale and Dolphin Conservation never know when they will receive the next call about a whale that washed ashore or a report about a seal that just doesn ...

In the last 4 weeks, the 250-acre marine mammal park in San Antonio has seen a Pacific white-sided dolphin and a Beluga whale born. Piquet, a 36-year-old Pacific white-sided dolphin, gave birth ...

Killings of small whales, porpoises and dolphins are rising, with more than 100,000 of these marine mammals slaughtered each year, according to a new report from German and British NGOs.