Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called resident orcas, stay in such large family groups ...

"The whales generated so much excitement in the community with thousands of people getting to see them from all over." ...

In 1999 hundreds of gray whales washed up along the west coast of North America. More in 2000. They lost an estimated 25% of their population. But then the whale population recovered and people moved ...

The art of experimentation is alive and well in the craft beer industry, and things can get weird. Here are some brews whose ...

The Aquinnah Cliffs Overlook on Martha’s Vineyard is one of those rare spots that makes you question whether someone secretly relocated a chunk of the American Southwest to the Massachusetts coast ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.

In 2021 and 2023, hundreds of dolphins were stranded in shallow waters in San Antonio Bay in northern Patagonia. Some died, but many were returned safely to the sea. But what remained a mystery until ...

Many animals are capable of extraordinarily long migrations, crossing many miles of Earth’s seas, skies, or scenery to reach breeding or feeding ground. While these journeys are impressive, there are ...

Reviewing those rare encounters, marine scientist Mark C. Benfield at Louisiana State University (LSU) connected scattered sightings and documented the fish alive in its natural depth range. Footage ...

Researchers have documented “an entire community” of animals travelling with whale sharks – the world’s biggest fish.