Humpback whale (M. novaeangliae) eye used in this study. Frontal plane (a) and sagittal plane (b) of the eye are shown, as well as the bisected eye (c) following removal of the retina. V = ventral ...

Whale researchers combined modern-day sightings with 19 th century records and are revealing new information about when and where humpback whales give birth along a busy “humpback highway” off ...

New England Aquarium Whale Watches kicked off on May 16 They depart from Boston’s Central Wharf New England Aquarium naturalists serve as guides onboard the whale watch cruises as passengers If ...

The whale, named Calvin, had "severe entanglement wounds" when scientists last saw her Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously ...

Those in the Savannah area were part of a unique but tragic scene. A sperm whale was beached on the shore of Hilton Head Island over the weekend. Why did this happen and what do we know?

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 ...

According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, most right whale sightings happen along Florida's east coast but they're occasionally seen in the Gulf. It is illegal to feed or touch a right whale and ...

Whales are some of the largest known creatures to exist (or, in the case of the blue whale, to have ever existed) on Earth, with some species weighing up to 200 tons—and while many find the ...

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 ...

Underwater mics and machine learning aid right whale conservation Date: February 21, 2025 Source: Cornell University Summary: Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers ...

A humpback whale swallowed a man on a kayak off the coast of Chile last week, before he was quickly able to get out of the leviathan’s mouth unharmed. Video shows the death-defying and ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Some baleen whale species sing at frequencies below 100 hertz, making their calls undetectable to killer whales, which cannot hear such low frequencies. These ...