In this study, morbillivirus signatures were identified in humpback whales sampled in northern Norway, as well as in a sperm ...

Scientists used drones to collect whale breath and detect harmful viruses early, helping protect whales in Arctic waters.

The long-term analysis of blue whale and fin whale vocalisations in the eastern Fram Strait offers valuable insights into seasonal and annual patterns regarding these species’ occurrence in the region ...

Drones have been used to successfully collect samples from the exhaled breath—or "blow"—from wild humpback, sperm and fin ...

Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found. Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Cascadia Research ...

MS Fram (Merchant Ship Fram), an HX passenger ship, at Eqip Sermia, a glacier in Greenland. The partners have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), beginning in 2024, to research ...

If bowhead whales produce particularly varied and diverse calls in one area, it is very likely that the area is a breeding ...

“The blue whale is the largest and loudest animal on Earth.” The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth and likely the largest animal ever to have lived. While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” ...

The vast ice sheets that historically kept killer whales out of the Arctic Ocean are melting as the region rapidly warms. Two small, genetically distinct groups of killer whales now live in the Arctic ...

Blue whale calves and births have seldom been documented. A new study may help unravel the mystery. Photo from NOAA Fisheries Service Despite being members of the largest species on the planet, young ...

A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...