For a moment, biologist Shane Gero feared the worst—a brutal predator attack on a family of sperm whales he’d studied for ...

New research from the University of St Andrews published today (27 February) in Current Biology, has shown that the role of age in male humpback whale reproduction has changed as populations recover ...

As humpback whale numbers climb back after decades of large-scale hunting, scientists are spotting strange things. A new ...

A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...

NOAA has recorded 15 North Atlantic right whale births so far over the 2025-2026 birthing season Getty The North Atlantic right whale population, which is just 384, saw a promising number of new ...

One of the world's rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction. The ...

As gray whales make 10,000-mile round trip migration, scientists warn less Arctic food is impacting reproduction It’s Whale ...