Medicine & TechnologyResearchers have referred to some threats that may have caused the whale shark population to decline. Find out what initiatives are done to address the issue.
Experts discover that two southern right whales in Argentina crossed over 6,000 miles through the Atlantic ocean. Read more about the first-ever recorded journey of the species, and why the whales carried out a long, unexpected voyage from Africa to America.
A video of a whale feeding on small fish went viral on social media once again a year after it was originally captured. Watch how the giant mammal feeds itself.
New Zealand's conservation department receives a lot of rare sightings of cetaceans. Read the current situation of the dolphin population in the country here.
Vacation photos sometimes serve another purpose other than capturing the moment as scientists are also using them to track the movements of zebras, whales, and other endangered species.
Photographs recently revealed that some humpback whales are traveling thousands of kilometers between Hawaii and Mexico to look for a female whale or mate. Travel of the said whales takes place in one breeding season.
Science reports recently said a so-called "oral plug" made of fat and muscle found at the back of the mouths of fin whales which blocks the channel in the middle of a fin whale's mouth and pharynx, the doorway to the digestive and respiratory tracts might offer a hint.
The first fossils of ichthyosaurs discovered were only about the size of a dog, but recent research reported that these swimmers grew quickly and even surpassed whales making them the first giants of Earth.
Shane Gero was one of the marine biologists whose work and insights helped shape the documentary "Secrets of the Whales," which recently won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.
A necropsy of a beaked whale by researchers from Denmark shows that whales have hand-like appendages underneath their flippers, a pentadactyl limb that has five finger-like bony protrusions.
Although whale watching is an economic activity that helps preserve the marine population, it can also cause significant stress to whales. Thus, it also adversely affects their population in general.
Two white sharks were caught on video a week ago while they were feeding on a dead humpback whale in Massachusetts. This was the first time a group of researchers and whale watchers saw such an occurrence.