NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new study of New Zealand blue whales’ vocalizations indicates the whales are present year-round in the South Taranaki Bight and their behavior is influenced by environmental ...

Some of the first-ever evidence of blue whale reproduction has been documented in the Pacific Ocean, according to new research. Photo from Georg Wolf, UnSplash One might think that, given their ...

A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of ...

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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology biologists used drone imagery to understand how nursing humpback whale mothers and their calves fare as they cross the Pacific Ocean.

Killer whales, including calves and juveniles, travel in their family group in the Gulf of Alaska in June 2025. It’s well documented by now that the marine heatwave that hit the Pacific Ocean in 2014 ...

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The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with ships in its waters. The whale is the North Atlantic right whale, which ...

A new study of New Zealand blue whales' vocalizations indicates the whales are present year-round in the South Taranaki Bight and their behavior is influenced by environmental conditions in the region ...