Some whales are more than 100 years old, smashing previously estimated life expectancies, according to new research. Researchers examining southern right whales found that the median life span for the ...

Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years, according to our new research published in the journal Science Advances. Some of these whales may ...

Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years, according to our new research published in the journal Science Advances. Some of these whales may ...

The Cancer Paradox in Whales Whales are among the largest animals on Earth, yet they rarely get cancer. This seems counterintuitive given their massive size and long lifespan. More cells should mean ...

It’s music to her ears! A University of Washington scientist says two recording devices that spent a year deep underwater in the arctic are coming home with the amazing sounds of a critically ...

Researchers have long suspected that bowhead whales keep in touch from far away. New evidence of synchronized diving between two whales 100 kilometers apart supports the theory. By Joanna Thompson / ...

A marine biologist captured video of the moment a bowhead whale cracked through a layer of ice in West Greenland in order to breathe. Fredrik Oscar Christiansen of Aarhus University in Denmark posted ...

Fish hanging in a smokehouse, a wolf holding a piece of meat, a beluga whale: Those were some of the images etched on bowhead whale baleen during a workshop at the Elders & Youth Conference. Over 50 ...

Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years, according to our new research published in the journal Science Advances. Some of these whales may ...