For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries. Although identified in 1958, our basic understanding of this rare whale was ...

Built to track enemy submarines, the Navy's underwater listening network inadvertently revealed that whales may be singing ...

Israeli marine researchers on Monday documented two sperm whales, among the rarest whale species in the Mediterranean Sea, highlighting the importance of protecting the region's marine environment, ...

Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain on Earth. Researchers say sonic blasts from oil exploration are a top threat to the ...

For nearly forty years, a strange signal has been drifting through the North Pacific, making scientists scratch their heads.