Although we humans certainly do like to think of ourselves as smart, we only just discovered a new species of whale. The Rice's whale.

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the humpback whale population has recovered extensively over the past half a century.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited the impact ...

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

Cetaceans—marine mammals that include dolphins, porpoises, and whales—are crucial to coastal ecology. Their presence fosters ...

The U.S. government recently dropped a proposed rule aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale, a ...

A group of about 75 endangered North Atlantic right whales was spotted off the western edge of Jeffreys Ledge. That's about ...

The hadal zone, as scientists call it, is located in the ocean trenches, more than 6,000 meters below the surface. This region is all darkness and intense pressure, yet... some rare species actually ...

Even if nature isn’t really your thing, or you think hikers are a bit mad (fair), I truly believe most people would leave this trail feeling something we all crave but often forget: contentment.

It is probably a first in the cathedral's 1,000-year history – a giant model of a sperm whale hanging from the ceiling.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual,” Oscar Wilde ...