Few animals are as closely tied to sea ice as the bowhead whale. These massive marine mammals spend their entire lives in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, navigating some of the most challenging ...

Populations of bowhead whales were able to hide from hunters under ice, a new study finds, saving them from extinction. But now, climate change is making that refuge disappear. A group of bowhead ...

The Bering Strait is one of the world’s most important marine passageways. It is also a place where wildlife, Indigenous communities, sea ice, and shipping activity overlap. As Arctic conditions ...

If bowhead whales produce particularly varied and diverse calls in one area, it is very likely that the area is a breeding ground. The species occurs exclusively in the Arctic Ocean and is therefore ...

Bowhead whales have the greatest life span of any mammal on Earth. They can reach over 200 years in age thanks in part to their slow metabolism and cancer-suppressing genes. They are far stockier and ...

Between the 17th to early 20th century, thousands of ships sailed the waters of the Arctic. They were hunting bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus), chasing the gentle giants through the chilly seas.