All mammals need milk when they’re born. That’s true of creatures that live on both the land and in the sea. But while we’re all familiar with how human mothers breastfeed their children, it’s only ...

Researchers captured what they believed was the first-ever footage of a humpback whale calf nursing from its mother underwater, taken off the eastern coast of Australia in September. This footage ...

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There are approximately 340 North Atlantic right whales left on the planet, and less than 70 of those animals are reproductively active females Researchers captured rare footage of a critically ...

In a remarkable display of nature’s beauty, rare footage captured by the Macuaticos Foundation has revealed a trail of milk dispersing in the Pacific off Colombia’s coast as a whale calf separates ...

A male northern bottlenose whale. Source: Cephas/Whitehead Lab, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY SA 4.0 license. A century of commercial whaling across the North Atlantic cut a swath ...

A humpback whale calf nursing off the coast of Hawaii. Gif: (MMRP UH/Gizmodo) Nursing is a rather straightforward process for most terrestrial mammals, but the same cannot be said for humpback whales, ...

Scientists have released first-of-its-kind footage showing a nursing humpback whale calf – from the calf’s perspective. The footage was captured off Madagascar by the nonprofit Cétamada, which has ...

Just as it appeared that the plight of the Wakashio could not get any worse after most of its remaining oil had spilled into the coral reefs of Mauritius, it appears the legacy of the Wakashio could ...

The North Atlantic right whale calving season is underway. Researchers spotted the first mother and calf pair off the coast ...

A male northern bottlenose whale. Source: Cephas/Whitehead Lab, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY SA 4.0 license. A century of commercial whaling across the North Atlantic cut a swath ...