Subtle dialect differences among sperm whales show that groups from thousands of kilometers away have moved into the former habitat of clans that left the Galápagos in the 1990s.
Alaskan humpback whales pass on loyalty to their feeding grounds through maternal lineages, highlighting the importance of protecting habitats for the recovering species.
Klein, schwarz - und wahrscheinlich eine noch unbeschriebene Art: Im Pazifik lebt wohl eine Schwarzwal-Spezies, die Forschern bisher nicht bekannt war.
Mexican authorities are banning night fishing and gill nets in an area inhabited by the endangered vaquita marina porpoise in the upper Gulf of California.