Japan ended its annual whale hunt in Antarctica early following clashes between its fleet and protesters, Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano said. The government made the decision “to secure ...

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale fatally assaulted the over-15-foot-long shark, then proceeded to devour its ...

The team films something not seen before: an hours-long teaching session between adults and their young. Killer whales are one of only a handful of animals that actively teach their young, and it's ...

Follow a team of scientists and filmmakers in Antarctica studying the most sophisticated hunting strategy in the animal kingdom - killer whales making waves to wash seals off floating ice.

A stunning video from Chile shows a humpback whale briefly scooping a kayaker into its mouth before releasing him unharmed.

Then I saw a friend’s striking photos from the annual gray whale migration to Mexico’s Baja California. Just as humpbacks travel from Alaska to Mexico and Hawaii to give birth in warm waters, the ...

A North Atlantic right whale was sighted with a calf in Florida waters over the weekend. The 21-year-old whale nicknamed Platypus and her calf Cashew were spotted from shore near Ormond Beach in ...

It is also home to large colonies of Magellanic penguins, along with elephant seals and sea lions that gather along its ...

One of these days, you might just stumble upon a crocheted whale sitting atop a shelf. Since last semester, Yalies have been ...

Preview of NATURE "Expedition Killer Whale" The hunting technique of pack-ice killer whales has intrigued scientists for decades, and there is still so much unknown about the species. Each ...