You're standing at the edge of Milford Sound as sheer cliffs rise 1,200 meters straight from the sea, waterfalls thundering ...

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

North Atlantic right whales were detected east of Ocean City, Md., in December 2025. Learn more about the 'Slow Zone' now in ...

SeaWorld has announced the death of its famed killer whale, Katina. "Katina was 50 years old, and her health had begun to ...

From land-borne pathogens to high-speed vessel strikes, Pacific whales and dolphins are caught in a "perfect storm" where ...

Fewer than 400 of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales remain. However, federal lawmakers have been weighing proposed rollbacks of some protections for the mammals.

Jacob Duffy has taken a five-wicket haul as New Zealand bowled out the West Indies for 138 on a deteriorating fifth-day pitch to win the third test by 323 runs and to take the three-match series 2-0.

A passerby in the harbor of Ketchikan, Alaska watched air bubbles forming on the water's surface on November 25. Then, a giant emerged from the depths.

It's the first recorded death of a humpback whale due to entanglement with a rock lobster pot buoy rope in New Zealand.

A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving. By Mike Ives A dead sperm whale — the ...

A rare white whale was recently spotted off the coast of New Zealand, and experts believe it may be the elusive Migaloo. Photo from Georgia Phelps Georgia Phelps hopped in her car and hightailed it ...