An iconic attribute of humpback whales are not harmful to the animals, according to the Port McNeill-based Marine Education ...

That creates a record of the oceans they’ve been in as passengers on whales. To see if barnacles had the same properties long ago, Taylor hunted down fossils that lived on early humpback whales ...

New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if they are more likely to fight or flee from a predator.

Celebrate the annual migration with whale walks, beach fires, chowder and wine tastings, whale-themed music and more.

Celebrate the annual migration with whale walks, beach fires, chowder and wine tastings, whale-themed music and more.

You can check out more of her work here. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Almost by definition, barnacles are immobile: these crustaceans cluster on surfaces such as whale heads, ...

Visocchi was struck by the similarity of shape of these rivets and the bumps of the barnacles on the bodies of living whales. The barnacles exist in a relationship between individuals of two ...