Now researchers think they know why: Bowhead whales are very good at repairing damaged DNA, which leads to many ailments ...

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Katie Surma as they discuss how scientists are using AI ...

Whale deaths are on the rise along the New England coastline. Researchers are investigating why three whales died in Cape Cod Bay in less than a week. As WBUR reported, the researchers believe that ...

A heartbreaking discovery off Lāna‘i this week. Researchers with Cascadia Research Collective found an endangered false ...

MONTEREY – Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean’s surface, the planet’s largest-toothed predator hunts for prey, which could include a giant squid or even a shark. Since the deep ocean is dark, the ...

The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications.

It's one of the known problems with plastic pollution: Marine animals like seals and whales keep turning up dead with their stomachs full of plastic bags and deflated Mylar balloons, having eaten ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONG KONG (AP) — The discovery of a whale ...

A dead whale was found in the waters of Sai Kung, Hong Kong, on July 31, 2023. Many Sai Kung residents are blaming tourism and whale watching as the reason for the whale's death. The Ocean Park ...

HONG KONG – The discovery of a whale carcass in Hong Kong waters Monday sparked an outpouring of grief on social media, with many comments blaming the mammal's death on sightseers. Many residents ...