In a warming Arctic, noise from growing shipping traffic is interfering with the ability of narwhals to hunt and communicate.

Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other ...

For most of their evolutionary history, narwhals have relied more on sound than sight to survive in the Arctic’s dark icy ...

Scientists have discovered a new, much less invasive method for testing whales for pathogens. In the past, scientists needed ...

Grays endure an epic roundtrip journey of 10,000 miles or more, and California holds a prime seat through May. Along with ...

With the rapid melting of Arctic ice, the waters have opened up to more human traffic, which is disturbing the underwater ...

Trump's Greenland focus highlights urgent Arctic security needs as Sen. Sullivan reveals new U.S. defenses against ...

In partnership with the Maui County Film Office and Wailuku Film Festival, the Pacific Whale Foundation’s ninth annual World ...

The North Atlantic Ocean is warming up. Higher temperatures and increased human activity in the region can trigger abrupt changes in marine ecosystems, for example, how species are distributed and ...

New sampling techniques allow researchers to better monitor pathogens in whale populations. They used humpback whales and sperm whales as indicator species. Samples showed that 4 percent of the ...