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 unique collection of prehistoric bowhead whale bones, dating back 11,000 years, reveals a previously untold story of the relative impacts of humans on nature. The time series of ancient fossils show ...

Bowhead whales miraculously escaped extinction after the practice of whaling. The effects of that time still linger today, ...

BELOIT — Nick Pyenson, a top expert on whale evolution, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of The Roy Chapman Andrews Society (RCAS) Distinguished Explorer Award. Pyenson will be presented with ...

"First published in the United States of America by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC in 2018 as Spying on whales : the past present and future of earth's most awesome creatures"--Title ...

BELOIT — Evidence that ancestors of today’s whales once walked on the land and how digital imaging technology can help unlock mysteries of the past were explored Saturday during the Roy Chapman ...

The Navy is required by law to support ocean science research around areas it operates in. Two humpback whales are seen in Hawaiian waters. A humpback whale came right up to guests on a Maui Kayak ...