While whales do need fresh water, they actually don’t need a huge amount, considering their size. This is largely because, in ...

Giulia Wood, a 2018 High School graduate, is one of 43 U.S. college students picked to receive a prestigious Marshall ...

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National ...

Microscopic ocean algae produce a huge share of Earth’s oxygen—but they need iron to do it. New field research shows that ...

They were living off the land and ocean, sleeping in tents beside crocodile tracks, diving for food in sharky waters. But even paradise has a cost. They found a whale so close it shook the boat—and ...

Guion’s “Just So Stories” follows a group of children who settle into a bookstore run by a Mr. Reed. Mr. Reed leads a story ...

Standing at the edge of the world, in a place I only knew from photos and documentaries, I can’t imagine a greater thrill ...

Apart from fossils, some animal species also testify to how big their predecessors were before evolution. Although many of ...

For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that ...

The rapid expansion, over-exploitation and subsequent decline in whale stocks in the northern hemisphere in the 20th century ...

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains ...

As conservation efforts make the waters in the New York region more inviting for whales, increasing traffic from ships and boats has contributed to a climbing number of strandings. By Aaron Short Just ...