A marine biologist captured video of the moment a bowhead whale cracked through a layer of ice in West Greenland to take a ...

The bowhead whale is the longest-living mammal on Earth with a life span of up to 200 years. Now, scientists have assembled its genome in the hope of learning some of its life-prolonging secrets.

Rising toxins found in bowhead whales harvested for subsistence use by Alaska Natives on the North Slope show that ocean ...

A species of whale, so ancient and elusive that harpoon fragments dating back over a century have been discovered embedded in their bodies, continues to intrigue scientists. The mysterious bowhead ...

These Mysterious Whales Are the Jazz Musicians Of the Sea Listen to the complex, variable songs created by the bowhead whale, a little-studied denizen of Arctic waters.

Then the harpoon will be plunged into a bowhead whale, just behind the neckbone. The bomb will explode, killing the 40-ton behemoth within minutes.

Researchers have measured toxins in scat samples from 205 bowhead whales from the Beaufort Sea, collected over 19 years, and ...

Analyzing the genome of the bowhead whale may help scientists understand how the animals live for more than 200 years.

With only minutes of fuel left in the helicopter, his team captured a bowhead rising out of the water and blowing out water. He read a poem to commemorate the event.

A bowhead whale is the longest-living mammal on earth Denis Scott/Corbis The life of a bowhead whale is relatively quiet: it spends its days swimming in the frigid waters of the Artic, feasting on ...

Researchers have discovered about 80 genes in the bowhead whale that could one day help humans fight cancer and live longer ...

As the whale hall at the Natural History Museum undergoes a deep clean and refresh, we take a peek behind the scenes at how our conservators have been cleaning one of the biggest specimens on display: ...