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

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

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Mussels have replaced oysters as the preferred aphrodisiac dish for Valentine’s Day, a survey from Waitrose suggests ...

The Trump administration is pulling the plug, at least for now, on a U.S. Department of Transportation program that made it ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

Scores of microscopic eggs revealed from Willows Beach sediment serve as a retirement reward for Tony Otten. He’s scoured ...

Singapore has had at least five incidents of oil spilling into its waters since June 2024, with the latest one on Feb 5. Read ...

STEM-ology, a monthly series of themed science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) events for all ages, kicks off this month at the University of Wyoming, with events including Toddler ...

Bennu, which comes closest to Earth every six years at a distance of 299,000 km, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with ...

Some Texas beachgoers might be heading to the Bolivar Peninsula to catch a glimpse of the waves glowing blue at night due to a recent bloom of bioluminescent plankton. But when they get there, they ...

Jellyfish, which were found to be contaminated with fuel oil, washed ashore in large numbers on the coast of the Odesa Region.This was reported by the head of ...