Science splits the iconic king cobra into four distinct species, reshaping our understanding of venomous snake diversity and ...

With its cartilaginous body and cold blood, the whale shark is decidedly not a whale. But this shark is about as long as a humpback and just as gentle. So gentle, in fact, that tours to dive with ...

It would seem that the great white shark would be the undisputed top of the ocean’s food chain. Humans and sea creatures fear this monstrous apex predator with powerful jaws filled with razor-sharp ...

Accidental discoveries happen all the time in science, but the biggest reptile ever was accidentally discovered by an 11-year-old kid.

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...