While the largest whales don’t have many natural predators — save for orcas, which aren’t afraid of anything — they are still under the thumb of physics, namely the incredibly intense pressures at the ...

Special blood vessels in whale brains may protect them from pulses, caused by swimming, in their blood that would damage the brain, new research has suggested. Special blood vessels in whale brains ...

Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose in the heat. 'Give me the head!' Neuroscientist inspires whale and dolphin ...

Orca and human brains have similar features that give them high-functioning abilities like empathy. Orcas also have a high sense of self-awareness, which they use to develop unique hunting tactics.

Picture this. You're on a boat, racing to your island destination. You grab your tools and swim ashore, and you make it in time to extract the brain from the dead humpback whale before you. This is ...

Special blood vessels in whale brains may protect them from pulses, caused by swimming, in their blood that would damage the brain, new UBC research has suggested. There are many theories as to the ...

A year and a half ago, neuroscientist Kamilla Souza got the call she’d been waiting for. A baby humpback whale was adrift just offshore, in the waters off southeastern Brazil. It had died — and she ...