Through genome sequencing, scientists have discovered that blue whales in the Atlantic Ocean have been mating with other species. The study revealed that there was a high percentage of DNA from ...

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has awarded Saint Mary’s University a contract to update the DNA database of one of ...

A team of international researchers has collaborated to sequence the genome of the minke whale. The work was published last year (November 24) in Nature Genetics. The researchers extracted DNA from ...

said the current database analyzes each individual whale's genome at 36 different regions along the DNA strand. However, the funding will allow them to analyze 300 regions. "It's a big jump," said ...

Killer whales, like human populations, have different cultures—behaviors that they learn from their social groups. One behavioral group, or ecotype, might work cooperatively to chase fish into a bait ...