Only two births of a blue whale have ever been recorded. Mother and calf pairs are also sighted much more rarely than might be expected. The reason, new research suggests, has to do with where and ...

“My conceptual model can explain the mystery of the missing calves: Blue whales produce calves, or give birth, shortly after departing their summer feeding grounds, and wean their calves seven months ...

Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective ...

There was both excitement and concern expressed after a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf were spotted Monday close to the busy shipping lanes at the entrance to the Port Authority of New ...

The location of the sighting is also very unusual - North Atlantic right whales typically occupy waters in the Atlantic Ocean, often off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. As soon as ...

An orca calf — less than a day old — recently surfaced off the coast of Australia, making for a rare sighting. Photo from Anthony Gomez, UnSplash An hours-old killer whale calf recently ...