The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean's largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The evolution of the greatest mammal on earth is a more ...

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

The functioning of certain regions of a few genes in cetaceans (whales, porpoises and dolphins) may explain why the Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) can reach lengths of up to 30 meters – almost 10 ...

The water off the coast of Point Vicente quivered in the distance with little leaping bits of life. At least, that’s what they looked like to the naked eye. “They’re common dolphin,” said Alisa ...

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 ...

Killings of small whales, porpoises and dolphins are rising, with more than 100,000 of these marine mammals slaughtered each year, according to a new report from German and British NGOs. Many regions ...