Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...

Blue whales have been singing less, and it could be a bellwether of climate change. Warming oceans affect the availability of their only food source, krill, and according to a study published in the ...

Learn about the fatal encounters between two groups of killer whales, bringing the idea of whale cannibalism into question.

Scientists are using drones to tag and monitor sperm whales in the waters off Dominica in the Caribbean, an area that hosts the world's first sperm whale reserve. Traditional tagging methods involved ...

Humpback whales sometimes use this very intricate, very cool strategy to catch fish. It is called bubble-net feeding. As NPR's Nate Rott reports, a new study suggests the whales are teaching each ...

The great state of California is pockmarked with more whale-watching locations than you can slap a colossal cetacean fin at. It just so happens that the home of Hollywood stars and the soaring Sierra ...

For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn't look like all the others, but scientists had never seen one. Now they have ...

A total of 256 whales were observed during the 9:30 to 9:45 a.m. period, the most of any time period throughout the day’s count. Data collected during the Sanctuary Ocean Count and Great Whale Count ...