Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

The UK’s Royal Navy launched a frantic search for phantom Russians off the coast after picking up two mysterious sounds in the ocean — only to conclude that the noises came from a gassy whale ...

Filing suit over the American lobster fishery — a $666.5 million operation that spans Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina — a group of environmentalists say line entanglements will cause the ...

In her letter to senators on the eve of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing to become the country’s next health ...

Hamran is an acoustic researcher studying the sounds marine mammals like whales and dolphins use to communicate. She's captured hundreds of hours of orca recordings. This summer, she's listening ...