Bowhead whales can live up to 200 years, according to the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals , making them ...

Learn more about how whales die and how their bodies can provide nutrients to surrounding marine life for up to a century.

A University of Washington study based on decades of orca reports shows transient killer whales are sharing habitat with ...

Leviathan melvillei was one of the most terrifying marine predators to ever exist, dominating the oceans millions of years ...

WILLOW, Alaska—Corey Ercolani pulled a northern pike from a gillnet and slit its belly with a knife. Inside its guts lay fresh evidence of a growing biological crime: a dead juvenile salmon. A coho, ...

From the mighty blue whale to the acrobatic humpback, discover seven incredible whale species, where they live, what they eat ...

A gruesome underwater buffet drew a pack of hungry sharks to California’s central coast Friday, where drone footage captured the predators tearing into the rotting carcass of a dead whale in a feeding ...

The world's largest whale graveyard has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean by Chinese scientists, who found that the vast expanse of both new and ancient carcasses supports huge ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

On the barren seafloor, a sunken whale is like an all-you-can-eat buffet popping up on a deserted island. All manner of hardy deep-sea critters congregate at the carcass, turning a biological ghost ...

Drone footage captured by Jonas Beyer showcases the remarkable size difference between a bowhead whale mother and her young calf as they swim side by side. The aerial video offers a rare perspective ...

Lovers Point Beach is temporarily closed until further notice after a deceased whale was found in the area, according to Pacific Grove police.Police said Wednesday the closure was issued “out of an ...