Hidden inside that snot are clues as to how changes in the environment could affect the immune system of beluga whales and their resiliency to climate change.

In order to monitor the health of whales, scientists have been flying drones over Arctic waters to collect the creatures' breath. The new technique has helped detect a deadly pathogen called cetacean ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deadly virus is striking Arctic whales. Humpback whales in Norway, along with one sperm whale and one pilot whale, were found to ...

Whales travel through the ocean, lunging, leaping, and playing, with grace and swiftness that belie their huge size. The secret to their incredible lifestyle, besides their well-adapted skeletal and ...

Between 2016 and 2024, researchers collected 103 respiratory samples from 85 NorthAtlantic right whales using drones. Drones provide a stable, quiet platform, minimizing stressand disturbance to the ...

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 ...

It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. And I'm joined now by Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy from the show. Hi to both of you. BERLY MCCOY, BYLINE: Hi, Juana.

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