New findings suggest the evolution and behavior of at least some baleen whales has been significantly shaped by fear of orca attack.

A new study shows that the mere presence of poop prompted the crustaceans to launch into evasive maneuvers. New research ...

The findings, published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica, suggest the prehistoric predator may have reached about 80 ...

Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales—the largest animals to ever live on the Earth—are not known and were not included in ...

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people ...

Great rivers of whale pee make a remarkable contribution to Earth's cycling of nutrients, a new study reveals.

False killer whales - which are in fact a dolphin - are typically deep-sea dwellers, and are one of the rarest marine mammals ...

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

suggest the prehistoric predator may have reached about 80 feet, or about two school buses in length. It also likely weighed an estimated 94 tons, comparable to a large blue whale, but with a body ...