It's Saturday! This week, in an eminently practical analysis of the Boltzmann brain conjecture, physicists put constraints on ...

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.

New Canadian research, using decades of samples from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, shows that as Arctic krill becomes scarce, fin and minke whales are eating more of the kinds of fish that humpback whales ...

Researchers in Alaska have discovered that beluga whales have lots of different partners and this “mate switching” could be ...

The North Atlantic Ocean is warming up. Higher temperatures and increased human activity in the region can trigger abrupt ...

Scientists have analysed almost 30 years of data to discover how whales in the North Atlantic Ocean are learning to co-exist ...

Fin, humpback, and minke whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence are eating more fish and less krill than they did in the past ...

The strategy is the mysterious reason why beluga whales have such a diverse genetic population despite being an isolated ...

Watching a massive whale breach the surface of the ocean is a moment that stays with you forever, but you do not necessarily ...

Among marine mammals, beluga whales ( Delphinapterus leucas) are particularly difficult to study in their icy habitat. To better understand and protect this endangered species, scientists must piece ...