Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

Hitan, the “Valley of the Whales.” Once an ancient ocean, this UNESCO site preserves hundreds of fossils showing how whales ...

Recent research on bowhead whale DNA repair has led to one of the most groundbreaking discoveries in modern science. Here’s ...

In our new research, we linked DNA markers with known tooth ages of dead dolphins to build the first molecular "epigenetic clock" for common dolphins ( Delphinus delphis ). This allows scientists to ...

As if the surface in the Arctic seas isn’t cold enough for narwhals, radiotelemetry studies have revealed that narwhals ...

The Cetacean Translation Initiative is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications. Lawyers ...

Now, all that progress is at risk. The federal freeze on new offshore wind leasing and permitting has left projects canceled ...

For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed "energetic budget" for Hawaiʻi's short-finned pilot whales, ...

Human movement today is about 40 times greater than the combined movement of all wild animals - including land mammals, birds, and arthropods.

Learn why curious narwhals are acting like the cats of the sea, bumping and scratching against underwater listening devices.

In a recent study, scientists from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have utilized cutting-edge artificial intelligence methods to identify a region of the X ...

Dolphins, like whales and porpoises, are warm blooded mammals that breathe air through their lungs. They don’t have gills to breathe underwater like their cold-blooded, gilled fish friends. But they ...