The Canadian videographer gave new meaning to the phrase, “There’s beauty in randomness,” after a chance encounter with ...

By Bobby Bascomb Nearly all of Antarctica’s iconic wildlife, from penguins to seals and whales, depend on krill, tiny ...

A total of 429 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Molokaʻi and Hawai‘i islands during the Hawaiian ...

These animals don’t frequently wash up on Huntington Beach’s shores. Agencies are looking into the cause of death of the ...

A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a necropsy revealed the whale may have suffered a ship ...

Over the last few weeks, multiple sightings of the magnificent humpback ... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) states that, “The impacts of climate change on whales ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) states that, “The impacts of climate change on whales are unknown, but it is considered one of the largest threats facing high latitude ...

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