In the ocean’s abyss, deep-diving whales use echolocation to hunt in pitch dark ... these animals can “learn their way out of this” or whether “they’re bound by their evolution to sort of fall into ...

2024 — The largest dataset of cetacean genes ever collated has helped scientists deep dive 'into the blue' to fathom the 'triumph' of baleen whale evolution. The new study explores the key genetic ...

South west of Cairo, deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, there lie treasures even more ancient than the pharaohs’ tombs — and travellers can visit them to see one of the great mysteries of evolution ...

Bowhead whales are the longest-lived mammals on Earth with some able to live hundreds of years. What’s more, Inuit hunters ...

Today, a research team has proposed a new reinforcement learning framework with autonomous drones to find sperm whales and predict where they will surface.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — Those who have stopped by the New Bedford Whaling Museum have more than likely marveled over the 66-foot whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling. Robert Rocha ...

Since 2014, scientists have listened to a unique whale vocalization they call a “biotwang.” The call, which sounds a bit like squeaking metal, was first detected by an autonomous sea glider ...

Your support makes all the difference. Aquarium enthusiasts in China were left shocked when they discovered that a much-hyped giant whale shark on display was, in reality, a robot. The Xiaomeisha ...

Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller, when he wasn’t beating himself up for selling out of Nvidia too early, made an interesting observation in a Bloomberg Television interview: the market ...

From mid-April through October, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, plays host to several whale species, including humpback, pilot and minke whales. For a memorable whale watching experience in Cape Cod ...

Here’s how election-betting markets work and what they can tell us about the outcome of the race. Photo Illustration: Jeremy Shuback The man who is betting more than $30 million on a Donald ...

Here, at the end of a long, unsealed road is Wadi al-Hitan, a 75sq-mile UNESCO World Heritage Site said to hold the key to one of the greatest mysteries of evolution. You wouldn’t think so ...