Humpback whales are famously curious and, at times, playful around boats. The accompanying footage shows Erica Sackrison of Gone Whale Watching San Diego interacting with an especially inquisitive ...

Those in the Savannah area were part of a unique but tragic scene. A sperm whale was beached on the shore of Hilton Head Island over the weekend. Why did this happen and what do we know?

Sperm whale is playing under surface. Image by prochazka.foto via Depositphotos. Toothed whales (odontocetes), including dolphins, porpoises, and sperm whales, have evolved a remarkable biological ...

ALAMEDA — A dead gray whale was found rolling in the surf off Alameda South Shore Beach, according to the Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences. The whale marks the fourth ...

These sperm whales were part of a larger family of toothed whales called the odontocetes, which was diversifying widely since appearing around 38 million years ago. Also getting more ...

It’s divided into two smaller groups – baleen whales, also known as mysticetes, and toothed whales, also known as odontocetes. While toothed whales are generally highly social, baleen whales opt for a ...

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 ...

A father-son duo kayaking off the coast of Chile has made waves after sharing a video of what appears to show a humpback whale briefly scooping one of them into its mouth. Adrián Simancas was ...

Deep-diving toothed whales, or odontocetes, vibrate phonic lips below their blowholes to generate sound, then project it through a fatty organ in their foreheads called the melon. As the sound ...

Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and devouring their livers. By Jason Bittel Off Baja California in Mexico, a ...

and random forest (RF), to classify six whale vocalization categories: Fin, Sei, Unidentified Baleen, Minke, Humpback, and general Odontocetes. Best results are obtained with the RF classifier, which ...