Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and potentially shedding light on the evolution of language.

Neuroscientist Kamilla Souza is bringing the study of whale and dolphin brains to her home country of Brazil. Now there's a team of Brazilian scientists intent on understanding the marine mammals.

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

The Nicobar Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique species found nowhere else. Long isolated, these islands have ...

Scientists have confirmed a great white shark found dead on a beach in western Victoria in 2023 was killed by orcas for its ...

NPWS investigates a significant fire at Barley Cove, affecting 150 hectares of a Special Area of Conservation in Co Cork ...

A rare strap-toothed whale has died after an attempted stranding on East Clive Beach on Wednesday. Locals spotted two of the ...

A rare dwarf sperm whale mysteriously washed ashore in Australia, prompting an official investigation, according to news reports. Beachgoers in Adelaide — a city on the coast of South Australia — ...

Instead, the researchers suggest that the behavior is used in social contexts. Amazon river dolphins possess bristles on ...

The adult female, seeking a new home with her calf after the closure of Marineland in France, faces the grim reality of ...

Sea lions can observe and learn from each other’s behavior while effectively communicating through barks and growls, showing ...

Marineland says it has euthanized a seven-year-old beluga whale after a long battle with several different medical conditions. It is the 18th beluga to die at the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist ...