The Iñupiat people of Alaska have long said that bowhead whales live two human lifetimes. That oral knowledge turned out to ...

Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate.

Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help scientists understand how the animals communicate.

Sperm whales are the largest toothed predators on Earth and among the deepest divers in the animal kingdom. These giants plunge more than a kilometer into the dark ocean abyss in search of giant squid ...

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

Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

DOX-premiering debut feature about a remote corner of Alaska getting connected with a "sensual" quality: "We were often ...

Cash (1820–1894), the wife of whaling master William Cash (1816–1882), accompanied her husband on the 1850–54 voyage of the ...

The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar ice cap for the 100th time since World War II.

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 ...

Alaskan lakes/rivers teem with grizzly bears, moose, seals, whales, sea otters, etc. But beware, know the dangerous ones!

The star of the show, the headliner, the main event, is the Charles W. Morgan. This magnificent wooden whaleship is the last of its kind in the entire world. Let that sink in for a moment. The last ...