Found on the southern coast of Peru, this amphibious creature had a tail and hooves and was the oldest preserved fossil of ...

A 40-foot-long sea snake sounds like a gimmick to sell Hollywood movies, but what would you do if I told you it once existed?

It's a race against time to save a young whale trapped in shallow water against rocks on the Cornish coastline. The creature, believed to be a young pilot whale, was filmed struggling against ...

A rare sighting of an endangered North Atlantic right whale was filmed off the coast of Fort Myers, Florida. Anyone who spots a right whale is encouraged to report the sighting to the Coast Guard ...

A team from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue found the whale dead on Friday morning. Teams have gone out to the beach after receiving reports of a long-finned pilot whale on the shore.

Several countries united with campaign groups on Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea mining at a meeting on the issue in Jamaica. Members of the ...

The Embolotherium is an extinct genus of animal, whose name translates from Greek into the “Battering Ram Beast”, or “Wedge Beast”. This animal lived during the late Eocene Epoch in East Asia. Its ...

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The crypto market may be experiencing volatility, but whales are actively accumulating key altcoins. As institutional interest grows, several standout altcoins are seeing increased activity, pointing ...

A humpback whale urinating near Hawaii. Credit: Lars Bejder/NOAA Scientists have long understood that microbes, zooplankton, and fish are vital sources of recycled nitrogen in coastal waters.

A humpback whale and her calf are two of thousands of whales who create a newly discovered "conveyor belt," carrying huge quantities of critical nutrients from high latitudes to the tropics. (Credit: ...

Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move tons of ...