Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the ...

The bipartisan measure specifies “understudied species” such as baleen and sperm whales as its immediate focus and would dedicate $13 million to research annually through 2030. The funding would come, ...

Observers on a plane spotted 33 North Atlantic right whales on Saturday, the most ever for a single day in January.

The fossil record of baleen whales (Mysticeti) offers a window into one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions among mammals. Early cetaceans evolved from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors into ...