Look around your home. A food wrapper, a shampoo bottle, a couch cushion and many other items very likely contain synthetic chemicals that were never tested for long-term safety before reaching store ...

Researchers were on an expedition in Dominica when a pod of enormous sleeping sperm whales appeared in front of them.

A new study analyzing two fossilized whale skulls from around 5 million years ago has revealed fragments of sharks' teeth lodged inside them. This provides rare evidence of how sharks fed on whales in ...

The humpback whale song recording was taken near Bermuda in 1949. Scientists at Cape Cod-based WHOI found it in their archives in fall 2025.

A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according ...

An environmental reporter joins a research team trying to attach recording devices to sperm whales, in hopes of decoding their calls.

Deep beneath the shifting sea ice of the Arctic Ocean, a massive marine mammal moves slowly through waters that remain near ...

From playful and delicate marine life to dramatic encounters with powerful predators, these winning photos capture remarkable ...

According to research, scientists know quite a lot about sharks. For example, we know that an estimated 57 shark species are ...

Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...

A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...

Whales nearly disappeared from our oceans not that long ago. Commercial whaling pushed many large species to the edge. Populations crashed. In some places, only a fraction of the original animals ...