The first-ever video of a blue whale nursing her calf has been released, along with other stunning videos of the species' intimate interactions, which were captured in 2022 by a snorkeler in the right ...

A drone filmed the moment a paddleboarder got too close to a southern right whale mother and her calf amid an attempt to ...

In the wide world of whale sex, the largest of all species also ranks among the most private. At least now, we know where to look. Marine biologists in Timor-Leste, a modest island situated along a ...

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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 ...

Humpback whale calves communicate with their mothers with “burping, barking and snorting sounds,” according to a new study. Photo from Swanson Chan, UnSplash As many parents can attest, babies often ...

A male northern bottlenose whale. Source: Cephas/Whitehead Lab, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY SA 4.0 license. A century of commercial whaling across the North Atlantic cut a swath ...