Anton van Helden, an expert on some of the world’s rarest whales, was sitting on the couch in July recovering from surgery, ...

The dissection of a rare spade-toothed whale in Dunedin is extraordinary and a world first, say scientists. The adult male ...

Valencia continues to suffer from the effects of one of Spain's most devastating natural disasters in recent years.

New Yorkers enjoyed a rare whale sighting on Monday after one was spotted swimming in the East River. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the sighting to the Gothamist on Tuesday. At the time ...

Follow one scientist in the search for one particular pack of killer whales, because for him, this mission is personal In a remote corner of Antarctica, a group of killer whales capture their prey ...

There are whale skulls emerging from the peat and fossilised bones sticking up like shamanic divining rods – the bending of time lends the story a mythical gravitas. The symbolism of animals in ...

These moorings are used by the lab of Simone Baumann-Pickering to better document and understand the impacts of ocean noise on marine mammals, especially beaked whales. Scientists at the University of ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science indicates Indigenous peoples in what is now B.C. had been cultivating the beaked hazelnut for thousands of years ...

Orcas in the Gulf of California appear to have gained special skills to hunt and kill the world’s largest fish, according to a new study. Whale sharks, which grow up to 18m long, are known to feed in ...

Whales in the south Pacific have historically found themselves washed up on New Zealand's shores in large numbers. After the latest major beaching event, local residents and conservation workers ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass ...