Scientists are perplexed by a strange new behaviour shown by the Amazon river dolphin of flipping belly-up to piss with ...

The animal has a broad, flat beak or rostrum that’s almost shaped ... Then, it uses its baleen to strain much of the water out of its mouth and swallows the krill. Blue whales do “sing,” but their ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, ...

When certain algae flourish in the sea, they produce neurotoxins that can sicken both humans and marine animals. Acute ...

Baleen whales, known scientifically as Mysticeti, are a fascinating group of marine mammals that have evolved unique feeding mechanisms and adaptations over millions of years. Their fossil record ...

Toothed whales have teeth instead of the keratinous baleen that blue whales and others use to feed on tiny animals, such as krill. Sperm whales, which feed mainly on squid, are the largest predators ...

Toothed whales have teeth instead of the keratinous baleen that blue whales and others use to feed on tiny animals, such as krill. Sperm whales, which feed mainly on squid, are the largest ...

Whales are the biggest creatures on Earth. These animals are found in every ocean, but that doesn't make them fish.

DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ashore near ...