Cetacean epibionts offer noninvasive insights into host health, physiology, and spatial ecology, yet quantitative assessments in wild populations remain scarce. Although vessel-based observations may...

Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi found that the number of young spinner dolphins is only half of what it needs to be to maintain a healthy population.

The first-ever study of body condition in these whales had some concerning findings, including one individual that lost over 200 kilograms in just 10 weeks.

A humpback whale has travelled a distance further than Sydney to London, in a record for longest proven migration by the species.

Abstract. Movements between humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breeding stocks are exceedingly rare, and exchange between distant breeding grounds in

Humpback whales are marine mammals that swim long distances between cold and warm waters every year to feed and have babies (calves), but rising ocean temperatures could make their breeding and calvin...

False killer whales were listed as endangered in 2012. More than a decade later, the decline continues. It’s not too late.

Canada reopened the Northern cod fishery and doubled the quota. Learn what the data, scientists, and ecosystem indicators say about this controversial decision.

On Quandamooka Sea Country (Moreton Bay), a team of multi-disciplinary scientists have captured unique footage that cements the popular bayside site's importance as a humpback whale nursing and restin...

Are whales altruistic? A new scientific paper and a video present a compelling case the answer is “yes.”

Despite having big eyes, the whales can't make out details of objects more than a few body lengths away, according to a new study

Anthropogenic impacts on marine systems are increasing in frequency, geographic range and severity. While changes in climate will likely lead to the greatest impacts at the system-level, for marine me...

Watching them from a boat and swimming with them in open water are two completely different things.

Photographers Hawaii captured what scientists say is the first documentation of humpback whale sex.