Short-finned pilot whales love eating squid, and boy do they stuff themselves with it, new research finds. Here’s some ...

Stingrays give birth to live babies, but they aren't mammals. Learn all about these fascinating fish that live in oceans and ...

Some “clicks” made by sperm whales may actually be “clacks,” but marine biologists debate what, if anything, that means.

The largest squid species in the world is the colossal squid. Read about where it is found, what it eats, and how big it can ...

Hitan, the “Valley of the Whales.” Once an ancient ocean, this UNESCO site preserves hundreds of fossils showing how whales evolved from four-legged land mammals into ocean-dwelling giants. The ...

It’s been 55 years since Oregon state officials’ plan to obliterate a beached whale that washed up near Florence ended with a ...

For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed "energetic budget" for Hawaiʻi's short-finned pilot whales, ...

Olaf Meynecke of the Whales and Climate Research Program at Griffith University suction-cupped cameras to the back of some of the whales traversing the humpback highway, a migratory corridor that the ...

In her SoHo loft, Joan Jonas hosted a dinner celebrating the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ turn to public programming ...

From cancer-resistant mole rats to 200-year-old whales, evolution has equipped long-lived species with unique biological ...

In our new research, we linked DNA markers with known tooth ages of dead dolphins to build the first molecular "epigenetic clock" for common dolphins ( Delphinus delphis ). This allows scientists to ...

In her latest book, Atwood reflects on growing up surrounded by forests, her battles for gender equality, and the journey of ...