Beaked whales are rarely spotted. Now scientists are using underwater sounds to help identify these elusive creatures.

Rescue Crew and Stranded Dolphins: IFAW personnel respond to common dolphins in Wellfleet, Mass., a global hotspot for mass strandings of dolphins. Partnerships and collaborations between researchers ...

Few people sight the cryptic creatures swimming in Monterey Bay, but sonorous sperm whales abound if you listen. The chatter of undersea creatures fills the soundscape, and the clicks of sperm whales ...

Echolocation is a type of sonar used by two kinds of mammals, bats and whales. Bats are mammals that often fly in the dark. Some bats use sonar to navigate (find their way) and to find prey. Whales ...

In a new book called Why Whales Sing, Eduardo Mercado details his life's work to try and understand what whale songs are all about.

Whale watching is a popular pastime on coastlines around the world. Cetaceans like blue whales, humpbacks, and orcas can be seen in the wild, and their characteristics are well categorized in science ...

Baby beluga whales are some of the most unique whales in the entire ocean. They have special adaptations that set them apart from other whale species. They also make incredible sounds that have ...

Biologists discovered killer whales and dolphins working together to hunt salmon, a behavior never before documented in this ...