A unique collection of prehistoric bowhead whale bones, dating back 11,000 years, reveals a previously untold story of the relative impacts of humans on nature. The time series of ancient fossils show ...

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean's largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world's ...

It’s a crab-eat-crab world for the Chesapeake Bay’s juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Literally. Cannibalism is the number one killer of the crustaceans that congregate in mid-salinity waters ...

Yala is the country’s most visited reserve, a mosaic of dry forests, open grasslands and permanent pools that attract a wide array of species. It’s particularly famous for hosting a remarkably high ...

As if soaring above the brilliant blue ocean isn’t spectacular enough, the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team recently ...

The other day, an article in Popular Mechanics (of all things) caught my attention. It described how scientists are making ...

By Gloria Dickie From shorebirds flying between their Arctic breeding grounds and southerly foraging ranges to freshwater fish returning to native spawning streams, migratory animals are struggling.