The genomes of long-living, big-brained mammal species reveal that they carry more copies of immunity genes. Experts speculate that these genes may affect longevity.

Bowhead whales may have been able to significantly rebound after being hunted to near extinction, but habitat loss may lead ...

Bowheads might be thriving as the sea ice in the Arctic declines. Past bowhead research suggests that the whales were in ...

New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 ...

New recordings of the little-studied bowhead whale show that the mammals sing intricate and variable songs—more like jazz musicians than Beethoven or Bach. Other whale songs are predictable and ...

An international team led by researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of Copenhagen reconstructed an 11,700-year ecological baseline for bowhead whales, which are a threatened ...

A humpback whale and its offspring (Image by Adobe Stock) ...

It was likely an active predator of large fish and possibly some seabirds, while extant sperm whales feed mostly on cephalopods or small fish through suction feeding. "Unfortunately, most of the ...