Connecticut’s choice of the sperm whale as its official state animal might seem surprising. After all, this massive marine mammal is more often associated with the open oceans than the quiet harbors ...

Hank and Phil Plait dive deep into questions about gametes and sea mammals in this episode of SciShow Quiz Show! ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make ...

As it passed mere millimetres from my body, the cetacean released a massive cloud of excrement that covered me head to fin, filled my snorkel and turned the water a dark brown.

TOFINO – Celebrate spring in the best West Coast way possible during the Pacific Rim Whale Festival on the edge of beautiful ...

Two TikTok fishermen are facing a tsunami of backlash after a disturbing video showed them laughing, posing, and climbing onto the corpse of a dead whale floating in the ocean. The clip, originally ...

New insights into a sophisticated process that protects sperm cells has revealed a mechanism, similar to an immune system, thwarts genetic chaos during the earliest stages of their development. The ...

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Authorities have launched an investigation after a dead whale was found on the bow of a ship coming to port at a marine terminal in New Jersey over the weekend. The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware ...

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