More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally recognize — at least in name. Charles Melville Scammon submitted a ...

Scientists say they discovered that two well-known types of killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean are actually two separate species and not just different races. In a study published Wednesday, ...

Whales are the biggest animal on the planet, dolphins are comparably smaller, but are they all one “big” happy family? They all belong to the Order Cetacea which is the group of sea mammals that ...