Biological matter left behind in the water allows us to follow these animals without ever setting eyes on them.

"The situation with [them] can serve as a cautionary tale." Scientists notice behavior shift in isolated whale species first ...

For about three decades, beluga whales and bottlenose dolphins greeted more than a million annual visitors to Marineland of Canada. In the sprawling 162-hectare (400-acre) theme park, located a ...

The fossil record of baleen whales (Mysticeti) offers a window into one of the most dramatic evolutionary transitions among mammals. Early cetaceans evolved from terrestrial artiodactyl ancestors into ...

More volunteers are being recruited to help rescue a growing number of whales, dolphins and porpoises washing up on UK shores. The British Divers Marine Life Rescue, which specialises in the rescue ...