The fin whale was found dead on the bow of a ship in Gloucester City. This incident is now under a NOAA investigation.

The once-booming population that passed California twice a year has cratered because of retreating sea ice. A new kind of ...

Standing at the edge of the world, in a place I only knew from photos and documentaries, I can’t imagine a greater thrill ...

Sperm whales are named after the waxy substance found in their large heads called spermaceti. The spermaceti is an oil sac ...

Nature operates on a schedule that ignores human calendars. The most breathtaking phenomena on Earth (mass migrations, ...

The world feels ordinary until a single detail shifts your perspective. A quiet fact can linger in your thoughts, reshaping ...

The Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival brings master musicians together to showcase this uniquely Hawaiian playing style, ...

The North Atlantic right whale population, which is just 384, saw a promising number of new births this season. The ...

Why Maryland chose the blue crab as its state crustacean, connecting Chesapeake Bay culture, watermen, and conservation ...

Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more ...

Learn all about the unmistakable pilot whale, from their diet and size to life in the pod and why, sadly, they're prone to ...