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Marine mammal conservationists warn of a contagious respiratory pathogen, cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV), that could potentially harm already endangered orca populations...

We know almost nothing about the enormous beaked whales because they spend so much time deep underwater, but a new DNA technique could unmask them

Bowhead whales are such talented singers they can make two sounds simultaneously, and they invent new songs every year

An unsuspecting fisherman recently stumbled across an incredibly rare two-headed dolphin. Only nine examples of conjoined twins have ever been found among cetaceans, according to Erwin Kompanje, curator of mammals for the...

The vaquita is the rarest, smallest and most endangered cetacean in the world. It's estimated that fewer than 100 of the small porpoises remain in their wild habitat in Mexico's northern Gulf of California. To make matters...

The waters around Taiji Cove have been stained red since the beginning of September due to Japan's annual dolphin slaughter - and the blood continues to flow today as we bear witness to a pod of 20-25 pilot whales being butchered...

The waters around Taiji Cove have been stained red since the beginning of September due to Japan's annual dolphin slaughter - and the blood continues to flow today as we bear witness to a pod of 20-25 pilot whales being butchered...