Whales may be known as gentle giants, but they still have a looming presence as the world’s loudest and largest animals. The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretches to 98 ...

Short-finned pilot whales are the ghosts of the Hawaiian coast. They often appear briefly at the surface before diving out of ...

Short-finned pilot whales love eating squid, and boy do they stuff themselves with it, new research finds. Here’s some ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, ...

The exodus of sperm whales from Mexico’s Gulf of California in response to jumbo squid population declines may be indicative of broader ecosystem instability, a new study has found. As apex marine ...

New estimates suggest that individual Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales eat between 82 and 202 squid per day. For the entire ...

For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed “energetic budget” for Hawaiʻi’s short-finned pilot whales, revealing what it takes to power their extreme, 800-meter (2,600-foot) dives for ...