The expression "thar she blows," shouted by a lookout in the crow's-nest of a whaling ship, is probably familiar to most people, who also generally take it to mean that the whale is spouting water...

Young whales are fed on milk, like the young of other animals. Because the teats of the females are on the under the surface of the body near the rear end, for a long time it was a mystery how the...

A young whale at birth is often almost half as long as its mother. A female sperm whale only 32 feet in length was found to contain a calf that was 14 feet 8 inches long. Another baby, taken...