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New Study Finds Human Speech-Like Structure in Sperm Whale Clicks

The findings point to a structured communication system that scientists are now trying to decode.

Studies Document Rare Sperm Whale Birth With Group Caregiving

Preliminary Necropsy Points to Boat Strike in Rockaway Beach Sei Whale Death

Peer-Reviewed Studies Detail Sperm Whales Coordinating a Birth on Video

Study Ties Severed Orca Fins to Resident Whales, Points to Bigg’s Predation

Fin Whale Leaves Wismar Harbor After Partial Disentanglement, Follow-Up Search Underway

Peer-Reviewed Study Ties Severed Orca Fins to Rare Predation by Bigg’s Whales

First Blue Whale Photographed Inside Patagonia Azul Park in Chubut

Acoustic 3D Tracking Maps Deep Dives of Gulf Beaked Whales, Including First Gervais’ Profile

Record January Right Whale Count in Cape Cod Bay Prompts Voluntary Slow Zone

Brazil’s Sambaqui Sites Push Organized Whaling Back 5,000 Years

Final Delmoges Report Links Warming Seas to Dolphin Bycatch, Urges Targeted Measures

Drones Detect Morbillivirus Circulating in Whales North of the Arctic Circle

Rare Beaked Whale Stranding in San Clemente Ends in Death After Night Rescue Effort

AI Study Reports Vowel-Like Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas, Prompting Scientific Scrutiny

Nature Study Identifies DNA-Repair Protein Behind Greenland Whales’ Cancer Resistance

Mexico Reports 7–10 Vaquitas in 2025 Survey, With Juveniles and a Possibly Pregnant Female

Nature Study Links Bowhead Whales' Longevity to Cold-Shock Protein Boosting DNA Repair

Study Ties Algal Neurotoxins to Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Changes in Florida Dolphins

Orcas Sink Family’s Yacht Off Portugal as Air Force Rescues Five