A marine biologist captured video of the moment a bowhead whale cracked through a layer of ice in West Greenland in order to breathe. Fredrik Oscar Christiansen of Aarhus University in Denmark posted ...

A bowhead whale and calf swim in an open-water lead in the Arctic Ocean in this undated photo. (Photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) A long-term study of bowhead ...

It has the largest mouth of any animal and uses its truck-sized curved head to batter through Arctic ice to surface from the depths. And while swimming in freezing waters and smashing cranium-first up ...

Bowhead whales are remarkable for their immense size, reaching up to 60 feet in length and weighing as much as 100 tons, and their extraordinary lifespan of up to 200 years or more. There truly is no ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging humans become more resilient? By Carl Zimmer For more than 1,000 years, the ...

The Bowhead whale (Bowhead whale, photo) is considered the longest-living mammal on Earth, capable of living for over 200 years. Scientists recently discovered the secret to the Bowhead whale’s ...

Researchers have long suspected that bowhead whales keep in touch from far away. New evidence of synchronized diving between two whales 100 kilometers apart supports the theory. By Joanna Thompson / ...

I think we all can agree that whales are cool. I happen to think that every living species has some element of cool about it, but the coolness of whales is pretty self-evident. Even given that general ...

Where might we look for inspiration for new cancer therapies? Some researchers say perhaps the bowhead whale. Here's science reporter Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: So there's this paradox in cancer ...