A highly contagious virus previously linked to mass whale strandings has been identified for the first time in Arctic cetaceans, using airborne breath samples collected by drones. The findings ...

Arctic marine life is notoriously difficult to study because of its remoteness. But drones have enabled whales to be monitored and diagnosed while being minimally invasive, according to a new study.

In a warming Arctic, noise from growing shipping traffic is interfering with the ability of narwhals to hunt and communicate.

Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other ...