In mid‑June, a rare case of mammalian altruism unfolded off the coast of Western Australia. A pod of dolphins escorted a young humpback whale from the confines of a shallow bay into deeper water.

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) like the ones pictured here with bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Kona, Hawaii, appear to be more open to interacting with fellow cetaceans.

Do dolphins and whales actually play together, or are the dolphins just harassing the whales? Researchers sought to answer this question by looking through hundreds of photographs and video clips in a ...

When a massive ocean creature became lost in the Koombana Bay of Western Australia, a pod of dolphins stepped in to help. Getty Images/iStock Photo In the month of June, tens of thousands of humpback ...

The fate of 30 captive beluga whales and four dolphins hangs in the balance as Marineland in Niagara Falls awaits final approval for an export permit from the Canadian government. Marineland has ...

A suction camera tag deployed by Dr Olaf Meynecke captures the depths dolphins will sometimes accompany whales to - in this case, even to the sea floor. A new study has investigated hundreds of videos ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In celebration of World Ocean Day, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Dolphin Quest have released a 12-minute film showcasing the migration of humpback whales as they journey ...

The Sanctuary Ocean Count, organized by the National Marine Sanctuary, covered the other major islands. Volunteers on Kauaʻi reported 467 sightings, followed by Hawaiʻi Island with 355, Oʻahu with 337 ...

In the month of June, tens of thousands of humpback whales make the journey from the freezing waters around Antarctica to warmer waters. They work their way up the coast of Western Australia to their ...