Sonar mapping for oil killed Madagascar whales: Study

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 14:34

A noisy technology that blasts high-frequency sounds below water to map the ocean for oil probably caused the deaths of 75 melon-headed whales off Madagascar, experts have said.

Six whales die on Brazil beach

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 18:05

Six whales died after they beached themselves in the northeastern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, officials said Monday.

Humpback whales spend winter in Antarctica

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 15:39

Researchers have found that not all Southern Hemisphere humpback whales migrate towards the equator at the end of the Antarctic summer.

Whales also get tanned!

Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 13:33

A new research has claimed that there is an increase in pigment in skin of whales in response to sunshine, just like humans get tanned.

World-first study tracks dwarf minke whales

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 21:54

Dwarf minke whales have been tagged and tracked in Australia`s Great Barrier Reef in a world-first pilot study which hopes to solve the mystery of where they spend the summer.

Whales display human-like ability to learn from each other

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 18:18

Humpback whales are able to pass on hunting techniques to each other, just as humans do, new research has found.

Humpback whales pass on hunting tips like humans

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 12:58

Humpback whales pass on hunting techniques to each other just like humans do, a new study has revealed.

How whales got their teeth

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 19:13

A multidisciplinary team of researchers has married together the fossil record and the embryonic development process to investigate how the whale got its teeth.

Marine bots helped locate endangered whales off US

Last Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2013, 22:19

Two bots (the word is derived from `robots`) equipped with listening devices helped detect nine endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine last month.