One of the world's rarest whale species is experiencing a welcome increase in new births this year, though experts warn that many more are needed to avert the possibility of extinction. The North ...

After all this time, it would be easy to assume that scientists have identified and become familiar with all the other creatures that roam this planet we call home. But you’d be wrong for assuming ...

The episode, involving a group of sperm whales, adds to evidence that humans aren’t the only species that gets some form of ...

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains dolphins, porpoises, and whales), but one surpasses them all. Meet the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an ...