Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) hold the record for deepest dive of any marine mammal, and researchers hope that ...

They can dive deeper and hold their breath longer than any other marine mammal. But biologists still know very little about them, because they only surface for a few minutes between most dives, taxing ...

Right on the very first day of our whale safari, guide Jeff drives us to despair. Up until now, we were all patiently looking forward to this moment.

Deep below the ocean surface off the coast of Louisiana, some goose-beaked whales forage near the seafloor. New acoustic tracking shows that during dives exceeding about 3,200 feet (1,000 meters), ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If there were a gold medal for cetacean diving, it undoubtedly would go to the Cuvier's beaked whale. Scientists said on Wednesday they tracked these medium-sized whales off the ...

Toothed whales can use vocal registers like humans to communicate and hunt. Like Kim Kardashian, whales have a "vocal fry" which can be used to find prey in deep sea. At that depth, the whales' lungs ...