A rare whale tooth unearthed at a Copper Age “mega village” in Spain has shed light on the artistry of Iberian people who ...

Recently discovered bones of a basilosaurus in Mississippi offer insight into its life and what happened after its death.

Did you know whales evolved from a land-based animal into an ocean-going mammal? To explore the evidence, we need to look at ...

The belief that whales are so large they can swallow humans alive is as old as the Biblical story of Jonah and the whale. But while there have been instances of humans being engulfed in a whale ...

What’s more, the Moroccan site is in northwest Africa, far from the sites in East and South Africa that have yielded many of Africa’s other hominin fossils. To paleoanthropologists ...

Scientists study humpback whales' bubble rings. They think whales use these rings to talk to humans. The whales make the rings during friendly times. Researchers from SETI and California ...

A sperm whale was seen in the “rare” June 8 sighting that went down as “one for the books,” according to a Facebook post by Dana Wharf Whale Watch. They are mainly gray with bits of white ...

Whale sharks, which can reach 15 meters (50 feet) in length, weigh up to 34 tons (68,000 pounds) and live for 80 years, are not dangerous to humans. They are found in tropical seas all over the world.

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...

A rare whale shark, the largest fish in the world and an endangered species, was spotted off the coast of Eilat on Sunday by an Israeli diver. The great fish was sighted and documented by Ruslan ...

A newly released 12-minute video offers fascinating insights into one of nature’s most remarkable journeys, as thousands of whales travel nearly 3,000 miles to Hawaiʻi each year to give birth.

Through their work in education, food, and social media, they’re helping bridge Egypt and South Korea in ways both intimate and influential. Born in the city of Mansoura in Egypt’s Dakahlia ...