Oregon’s favorite whales are coming back. Spring Whale Watch Week, an annual whale watching event organized by the Oregon ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, ...

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

For about three decades, beluga whales and bottlenose dolphins greeted more than a million annual visitors to Marineland of Canada. In the sprawling 162-hectare (400-acre) theme park, located a ...

Newborn right whale calves have arrived with their moms in Cape Cod Bay, kicking off one of the migration’s most anticipated moments.

Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called ...

From sea turtles to Hawaiian hawks, these rare animals highlight the unique wildlife of Hawaii and where travelers may spot them in the islands.

, March 10 -- Scientists have found possible evidence suggesting that some killer whales may hunt and eat their own species in waters near Russia.

For visitors to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, seeing a rare tule elk is one of the highlights of any visit. Endemic to California, there are fewer than 6,000 of these majestic elk ...

The first seven cases of avian influenza were confirmed by preliminary testing at UC Davis and confirmatory testing by the ...

Research demonstrates that vertebrate scavengers are remarkably effective at rapidly removing carcasses from the environment. By consuming decaying tissue, they physically eliminate pathogens before ...

OK, that last part is a joke. Their decorating skills are pedestrian at best, and as it turns out, they have a fondness for ...