A vanishing species of whale gave birth to so few babies this birthing season that it has raised alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct. The whale is the ...

A 13-year genetic study of 623 beluga whales in Alaska’s Bristol Bay has overturned a long-standing assumption about how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animals with long lifespans tend to reproduce extremely slowly. Els Vermeulen Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well ...

Some of the first-ever evidence of blue whale reproduction has been documented in the Pacific Ocean, according to new research. Photo from Georg Wolf, UnSplash One might think that, given their ...

Menopause evolves in toothed whales, like orcas and belugas, by lengthening their lives without changing how long they can reproduce. That allows older females to care for grandchildren without ...

The Blue Whale Story exhibit conservator, Susan Green, inspects the frame holding a life-sized reproduction of an ...

If you’ve ever stood on a coastline or the deck of a boat during migration season, watching a 40-ton humpback whale hoist its ...

Staff at the Plymouth-based nonprofit group Whale and Dolphin Conservation never know when they will receive the next call about a whale that washed ashore or a report about a seal that just doesn't ...