Boaters off Australia recently caught a glimpse of apex predators in action — in a scene straight out of a nature documentary. At a close distance, they observed numerous orcas chasing down a young ...

The brutality of nature was on full display along the Aussie coast this week as a boat full of tourists was treated to the ...

A pod of more than 60 orcas hunted and killed an estimated 18-metre-long pygmy blue whale off Western Australia's south coast ...

The brutality of nature was on full display along the Aussie coast this week as a boat full of tourists was treated to the sight of more than 60 orcas successfully hunting a blue whale — an encounter ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the longest migration of any mammal,” says Roman. “So they connect areas close to ...

They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, with many species migrating long distances ...

The frequency was much higher than a blue whale or its cousin, the fin whale, leaving scientists to ponder the mystery of Whale 52. The leviathan has been heard many times since, but never seen.

Photograph By Martin Van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In the deep blue water ... a study published in Nature Communications corrects the knowledge gap. It finds that whale urine is an essential ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications ... higher latitudes to lower latitudes: blue whales, fin whales, gray whales ...