We actually found that these animals are here quite a bit more often than we had realized,” says Will Oestreich, a researcher ...

Named King of the Blue Ocean–or KOBO for short–this rare blue whale skeleton has been on display at the museum since 2000. It ...

Apr. 8, 2024 — Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales were once the muscles and bone marrow of the ... Caller ID of the Sea ...

Researchers have uncovered a significant migration of sperm whales away from the Gulf of California, correlating with the ...

The scientific name for killer whales is Orcinus orca, which was given in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus, who ...

Over 24 species of cetaceans, including baleen whales, toothed whales, and dolphins, have been recorded in the western part of the Galapagos Islands. The archipelago boasts rich feeding grounds that ...

They would scrape down a a whale tooth with their jackknife and sand it with usually shark skin and then buff the tooth with chamois and get it somewhat polished enough that they can scratch a ...