Whales

New research has found that whale song may be related to the animal’s movements, with individual sections of a song…

As a collection of rare recordings of whale song from the Natural History Museum’s archives is digitised for the first…

Each year, hundreds of pygmy blue whales pass Timor-Leste on their migration route to Australia – a privileged few get…

The Ontario, Canada-based Marineland theme park has threatened to euthanise its 30 remaining captive beluga whales if the Canadian government…

Issue # 39: Blue corridors In our Autumn ’25 magazine we explore pygmy blue whales, the amazing properties of sound…

Sperm whales are one of the largest creatures on the planet, and one of the most complex. Here are ten…

A sperm whale recently freed from entanglement by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) has tragically died just a…

A new study has found the song of humpback whales is a complex, culturally transmitted behaviour, and is structured in…

Volunteers from British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) have freed a humpback whale that had become entangled off the coast…

A post-mortem examination by Norway’s Veterinary Institute has concluded that Hvaldimir – the beluga whale thought to have been trained…

A white beluga whale thought to have been used in Russian spy operations has been found dead off the coast…

A humpback whale has been filmed capsizing a small boat as it breaches off the coast of New Hampshire, USA.…

A pod of 77 long-finned pilot whales have all died after stranding on a beach on the island of Sanday,…

A new study reveals that grey whales are rapidly shrinking and scientists fear this could have a significant impact on…

A video has emerged showing a sperm whale entangled in rubbish swimming up to a group of divers and apparently…

Scientists recently discovered that sperm whales make decisions by consensus, and now they’re hoping to find out what they say…

The Dominican Republic will joins a handful of other countries committed to conserving 30 per cent of its ocean waters…

A marine heatwave could have been responsible for a 20 per cent decline in the Pacific humpback whale population The…

I’m Ollie Clarke, an ocean photographer based in Western Australia, but originally from Bognor Regis in the UK. After studying…

Sperm whale society is structured into distinct clans, groups of which appear to make decisions together, but with some apparent…

The prime minister of Dominica has announced that the world’s first marine reserve for sperm whales will be established in…

There are no captive cetaceans in the UK – but it’s not illegal to keep them. Marine Connection has launched…

Australian Deputy PM criticises the ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ conduct of a Chinese warship ignoring warnings to stay clear of divers…

A 16.5m-long fin whale, the second largest species of animal in the world, has been found dead on Fistral Beach…

I grew up on the coast of Western Australia where I spent most of my life around the ocean. Ever…

Helen Scales’ beautifully illustrated new book, Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life, reveals much about the…

Kaushiik ‘Kaush’ Subramaniam is a British wildlife conservation biologist, photographer and filmmaker. His research into human-wildlife interactions and conflicts has taken…

Thomas Cook has announced it will cease ticket sales to any attraction featuring captive dolphins, whales and orcas – the…

Catherine Cushenan (also known as @catsharks in cyberspace) is a shark ecologist, freediver and underwater photographer who has spent the…

Our Planet II, a four-part series narrated by David Attenborough documenting the migration of animals across the planet is coming…