Bowhead whales are known for their large size and distinctive dark coloration, with a prominent white chin and a massive, triangular skull designed to break through Arctic ice. As baleen whales ...

“The reduction in the sea ice cover may have influenced the prey availability distribution for these animals, motivating bowhead whales to explore new foraging habitats or include a wider ...

Like many arctic whales, bowheads have no dorsal fin; this adaptation allows them to navigate underneath sea ice. Bowhead whales have two blowholes, producing a distinctive V-shaped spray. Their ...

Additionally, the decline in sea ice has led to more orca sightings in Hudson Bay. As a result, bowhead whales could be using the estuary as a refuge to escape predation. "They could have also ...

Yugu Alfred Ningeok is the son of a whaling captain and a member of an Inupiat whaling crew. An umiak, or skin boat, carries a small team in pursuit of a whale. Hear more about camping on sea ice ...

They make commercials on the ice cap these days ... who sought to bring in the five to ten bowhead whales they were permitted to take annually under the terms of a complex and controversial ...

The Arctic is a majestic world, home to wildlife rarely seen further south: bowhead whales, polar bears, narwhals and walruses. Life thrives on and under a legendary blanket of snow and ice ...

Synchronised diving isn’t something only humans can do. Bowhead whales in the Arctic Ocean also sync up their dives – and they’re able to do so while dozens of kilometres apart from each ...

As the whale hall at the Natural History Museum undergoes a deep clean and refresh, we take a peek behind the scenes at how our conservators have been cleaning one of the biggest specimens on display: ...