It’s the Key to Their Survival If you’ve ever seen a beluga whale, you’ve probably noticed their iconic, squishy-looking ...

Pigeons that do somersaults, snakes that fake death with extra flair and surprised canines are among the organisms that enthralled the Science News staff.

Beluga whales are the only whales, other than narwhals, a closely related species, that live exclusively in arctic and subarctic waters. Like many other arctic animals, belugas are white. In fact, the ...

This is the adorable moment a loving beluga whale kissed a toddler who was crouching by the poolside. The playful sea creature gently approached the boy for a kiss in Yingkou, China, on December 9.

A humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, possibly driven by climate change, scientists say. It was seen in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia in 2017 ...

A male humpback whale swam 8,106 miles (13,046 km) from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, mingling with other whale populations and potentially having sex with them along the way. A male humpback ...

Some of the world’s finest whale scientists, alongside members of the local Māori community, gathered last week in New Zealand to dissect the 16-foot, 3,000-pound, mammal — marking the first ...

Squishy science: Top view of the rings after compression and lateral deformation. The contrast has been increased to highlight the orange parts underlying the image analysis. (Courtesy: Poincloux and ...

Sperm whales live in the depths of the ocean. They dive as deep as 900 meters (nearly 3,000 feet) to forage and spend only about 10 minutes of every hour on the surface. Their world is cold and dark, ...

The whales started popping up recently, following massive schools of anchovies, a typical food source. Newport Coastal Adventure runs a sighting log that has tracked the first appearance of ...