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7,000 humpback whales died in the North Pacific over 10 years — and 'the blob' is to blameNew research using artificial intelligence reveals that a decline in the North Pacific population of humpback whales between 2012 and 2021 coincided with the strongest marine heat wave recorded globally.
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Male humpback whale seen forcing sex on emaciated, injured male in extremely rare encounterPhotographs taken off Maui, Hawaii, show the first documented case of a male humpback whale sexually penetrating another male, with the latter appearing injured and covered in parasites.
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Critically endangered right whales are shrinking, with drastic consequences for their populationClimate change appears to be causing North Atlantic right whales to get smaller, and it's making them have fewer babies.
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Eerie photograph captures whales hunted off Greenland lying in their watery graveHaunting image showing two whales with their bones picked clean off the coast of Greenland has won the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024 competition.
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Hidden DNA found in blue whales reveals they've been mating with other species — and their hybrid offspringNewly sequenced genomes of blue whales in the Atlantic Ocean contain "unexpectedly high" levels of fin whale DNA, hinting that the two species have been interbreeding much more than previously realized.
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Whale with broken back spotted near Mexico after suspected ship collision will likely dieA humpback whale off Baja California Sur with a deformed spine was likely hit by a ship and the injury will probably be fatal, an expert told Live Science.
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Scientists finally figure out why hundreds of gray whales keep washing up dead along US coastsThree mass mortality events have struck a population of gray whales off the west coast of North America since the 1980s, and scientists have linked them to changing conditions in the Arctic.
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Could an impending rise in solar storms cause more whales to strand?Past research suggests that some whale species are more likely to get lost and accidentally beach themselves during periods of increased solar activity, such as the upcoming solar maximum.
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Tiny 'King Tut' whale 'lived fast and died fast' in ancient Egyptian watersPaleontologists in Egypt have described a new species of extinct whale that was dwarfed by other basilosaurids.
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