What whales are teaching scientists about communicating with aliens
Humpback whales' language is as foreign to us as an alien race from another planet. Learning to converse with them…
Stunning video shows Antarctic killer whales appearing to use icebergs as scratching posts, possibly to exfoliate their skin
Orcas in Antarctica, photographed in 1981. Wolfgang Kaehler/Getty Images National Geographic said it captured the first footage of killer whales…
Soviet whalers wiped out blue whales from part of the Indian Ocean 50 years ago. Underwater audio reveals the gentle giants have returned.
Blue whale near Sri Lanka. eco2drew/Getty Images Blue whales near the Seychelles were wiped out half a century ago by…
Sailors playing heavy metal to scare killer whales may be putting a target on their backs by telling the orcas exactly where to find them
The female orca was observed caring for a baby pilot whale. Getty Images Some sailors off the Iberian coast are…
An orca species that helped humans hunt whales for thousands of years may now be extinct, new research reveals
Thaua hunters sang to orcas as they hunted whales side-by-side for thousands of years. Enrique Marcarian/Reuters An orca species that…
Gray whales have been mysteriously washing up dead on the Pacific coast. Now scientists think they might have the answer.
A dead juvenile Gray Whale sits in the sand on Limantour Beach at Point Reyes National Seashore on May 25,…
Stunning video appeared to show 2 humpback whales trying to save a seal from a pod of orcas, but the seal may have been trying to hide behind the gentle giants
Orcas sometimes prey on humpback whale calves. Kara Capaldo/Getty Images; Ron Sanford/Getty Images National Geographic captured humpback whales interrupting orcas…
They were slaughtered for their blubber, and nearly wiped out in Brazil. Decades later, humpback whales are making a comeback.
A humpback whale breaching off in the coast of Ilhabela, an archipelago in South-East Brazil, at the end of July.…
Australia: Nearly 100 whales die after beaching
More than half of the pod of whales stranded on an Australian beach had already died before the rest had…
Australia: Over 50 pilot whales dead in mass stranding
Around 100 whales were spotted near the coast in Western Australia, making their way to the beach, where at least…