Baby whale sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries in marine science, but new research suggests their birthplaces may be tied to oceanographic features like oxygen minimum zones.

"Every single birth counts and these whales need ... "I was just looking through my photos to see who the whales were that passed close to the port side of the ferry I was on and noticed a much ...

This sighting confirmed that the mother whale — which scientists spotted entangled earlier this year but couldn't free — gave birth to her calf while trapped in the rope. Clay George ...

Because females do not become sexually mature until ten years of age and give birth to a single calf after a yearlong pregnancy, populations grow slowly. All species of right whales have enjoyed ...

AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture—An extremely rare video has emerged of a humpback whale before and after it gave birth to a calf in waters close to Amami-Oshima island. The video, recorded by a ...

There have been only two recorded instances of the world’s largest animal giving birth in all of human history, both from decades ago. Thousands of blue whales roam the oceans and the giant ...

Photos of the underside of the calf ... to survive and thrive. Every single birth counts and these whales need enough fish to be able to support themselves and their calves.” ...