Two new studies from Project CETI provide the most detailed account of a sperm whale birth ever recorded, revealing ...

Nick Pyenson, a top expert on whale evolution, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of The Roy Chapman Andrews Society ...

Across the half century or so that seafarers and scientists have spent studying the habits of sperm whales, some of the most ...

Alfred the aetiocetid had teeth but needed a better way to capture his tiny prey. Credit: Carl Buell Baleen whales, such as the gigantic 30m-long blue whale, are the largest animals that have ever ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an ...

Did you know whales evolved from a land-based animal into an ocean-going mammal? To explore the evidence, we need to look at the desert, which may seem strange when discussing whales. The ocean once ...

In a sperm whale birth recorded in more intimate detail than ever before, local whales huddled around the mother and lifted ...

Researchers say the sperm whale birth is among the first pieces of evidence of a non-primate animal participating in a ...

In this illustration provided by Ruairidh Duncan a Janjucetus dullardi is depicted chasing a fish. Ruairidh Duncan / AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some ...