Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the ...

In the late 1980s, a set of military ears listening for submarines instead picked up something far stranger: a solitary, ...

Ancient whale-bone harpoons found in Brazil reveal Indigenous whale hunting 5,000 years ago, long before the use of metal ...

The fish was quite shy, only letting Judah observe from the side, changing its stance as the diver tried to get a better look ...

How do you hunt a whale when your boat is made of logs lashed with vines and your harpoon is carved from animal bone?

Authorities have launched an investigation after a dead whale was found on the bow of a ship coming to port at a marine terminal in New Jersey.

Anthropic new AI tool: Anthropic has launched a new AI tool for legal tasks. This has caused significant concern among ...

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The whale shark always presents a subtle irony. It's the largest fish in the world, reaching tens of meters in length, yet ...

It was 1992 in the remote village of Point Lay, Alaska. The Inupiat community numbered less than 100 people back then. Located on the edge of the Chukchi Sea, 230 miles north of the Arctic Circle, ...

Sometimes safety becomes unsafe when it's carried too far. A new study by Lloyds Register reveals that ships, especially ...

After nearly two decades, Callosity Back returned to Florida waters as a mother with her calf, joining an unusually high number of newborns this season for the critically endangered North Atlantic ...