Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine ...

Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by ...

However, in Iceland, there are orca groups that ... One idea is that the orcas were exhibiting predatory behavior. However, these are known fish specialist groups, and the calf was seen with ...

Iceland’s orcas often herd herring ... with the pilot whales seemed to be largely driven by nurturing or play behavior, just as had been seen in the southern resident killer whales ...

Iceland’s orcas often herd herring ... with the pilot whales seemed to be largely driven by nurturing or play behavior, just as had been seen in the southern resident killer whales ...

behavior, and survival of the largest animal to have ever lived. “Blue whales are still struggling to recover from centuries of whaling, with some populations remaining at less than 5 percent of ...

They pass on their particular behavior and hunting methods to other generations ... apparently without any fear. In Norway and Iceland, schools of orcas herring drift together to form a large ball, ...

Whales of all kinds travel the so-called whale ... that we see when the water gets warmer," ACS-LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project Director Biologist Alisa Schulman-Janiger said.

On Dec. 6, Iceland’s interim government announced it had issued five-year commercial whaling permits to hunt fin and minke whales. The permits, issued to domestic whaling companies Hvalur hf and ...

Iceland orcas are unexpectedly swimming with baby ... "It does seem possible that some individuals that experienced [the behavior] the first time around may have started it again," Andrew Foote ...

Using drone footage captured over seven years, Bird quantified the gray whales' behavior and their individual size and body condition. She found that the probability of whales using these ...