Beluga whales are some of the most distinctive marine mammals, with their white bodies and rounded foreheads. They are also well-known for their vocalizations, which have led to them being called the ...

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales – enormous, ocean-dwelling animals that last ...

A humpback whale off New Caledonia can hold a song for 30 minutes or longer, cycling through phrases that shift and evolve ...

When sperm whales communicate with each other, they produce clicks in patterns that may parallel our own system of language, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the Royal ...

Malnourished Gray Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Are in ‘Serious Trouble’ In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers A Bit of Good News for Right ...

Our closest living ancestors descended from primates, but does this mean we don’t share any commonalities with other, non-primate species? A recent discovery is challenging the extent to which we are ...

Previously, a commonly accepted belief within the scientific community was that animals are intellectually inferior to humans. However, extensive research on whale behavior performed over the course ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The hunting of large whales goes back much further in time than previously thought. New research from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...