When the asteroid ended the age of non-avian dinosaurs, it cleared ecological space on a global scale. Small survivors ...

Discover how extreme animal sizes, from the massive blue whale to the tiny shrew, shape their survival strategies.

Q. You wrote that blue whales are the largest mammals. What are the largest and smallest animals of other groups? What ecological problems do animals confront by being extremely big ...

Southern right whales have distinctive white and gray patches of thickened skin on their heads known as callosities. Because ...

First it was Whale Wars, now it’s krill wars. The groups that took on Japanese whaling in Antarctica now have a new industry in their sights.

Aker Qrill is facing criticism of its fishery management amid calls by environmentalists for curbs on Antarctic fishing of the keystone species ...

Lynne Schafer Gross and Mark McDermott One day circa 1970, a boy in El Segundo looked up at a telephone pole near his home and saw a hawk perched at ...

Bargain-priced London is one of the most targeted markets in the world. Activists (and acquisitive predators) are drawn to its undervalued, underperforming companies and encouraged by its openness and ...

If it's plot twists and an ever-growing sense of impending danger you're after for your next movie marathon, satisfy your ...

A tourist reaching out to a curious cetacean. A joyous marriage celebration in Iraq. A cowboy hugging his daughter as he ...

In addition to the wide variety of year-round entertainment, and things to see and do at SeaWorld San Diego — including ...

We move through the world every day assuming we have a solid grasp on the dimensions of our surroundings, but many common objects are designed to be deceptive. When we see something like a traffic ...