A year and a half ago, neuroscientist Kamilla Souza got the call she’d been waiting for. A baby humpback whale was adrift just offshore, in the waters off southeastern Brazil. It had died — and she ...

A year and a half ago, neuroscientist Kamilla Souza got the call she'd been waiting for: A baby humpback whale had died just offshore. She wanted... This scientist is on a quest ... to salvage whale ...

Some of the world’s smartest animals live below the surface, and in the Indian Ocean, a particular kind of whale may just be rewriting everything we thought we knew about intelligence in the deep.

Dolphins exposed to cyanobacterial toxins show Alzheimer’s-like brain damage and disorientation, which may explain mysterious strandings.

Recent advances in neuroimaging and molecular analyses have considerably enriched our understanding of cetacean brain anatomy and the evolutionary pressures shaping its distinctive features. Cetaceans ...