A large international team of marine researchers monitored the seafloor surrounding the corpse of a whale that had sunk 4,920 ...

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries. Although identified in 1958, our basic understanding of this rare whale was ...

Sperm whales are among the most extreme predators on Earth, diving more than 2,000 meters into the deep ocean to hunt giant squid in complete darkness. They can remain underwater for over 90 minutes, ...

Scientists exploring deep underwater canyons off the coast of Western Australia uncovered a hidden world packed with bizarre ...

A group of “rarely seen” Gervais’ beaked whales was recently spotted near Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago, photos show. Screengrab from the Magic Dolphin ecotour agency A mysterious group of ...

Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) go deep. They can dive 1,300 to 4,000 feet-deep and also travel as much as 15,000 miles per year. These depths and distances make sperm whales and other whale ...

The whales are considered "data deficient" because they're so elusive New England Aquarium/Facebook A rare species of whale was sighted off the coast of Cape Cod this month Three True's beaked whales ...

Blue whale sightings off southern Africa suggest the species may slowly be recovering after decades of commercial whaling.