This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

Whale-watching tour operators encountered the mass gathering of cetaceans while looking for migrating gray whales ...

Humpback anglerfish typically are found at depths of up to 1,500 meters below the water's surface, where there is little to no sunlight.

Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely ...

A female killer whale gives birth to one calf at a time every three to 10 years. Orcas work together to take care of the young. Female killer whales live to be around 50 years old, but some orcas ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.

It’s make or break for many of these fishermen, and Captain Nicholas “Niko” Chaprales is among those feeling the pressure. Aboard the Ezyduzit, the 37-year-old has followed in his dad Bill ...

When a show like “Deadliest Catch” can last for 20 seasons—and even outlast a collapse in the Alaskan crab population—there is a decided hunger for something like “Harpoon Hunters ...

Discovery Channel's new show, Harpoon Hunters, takes viewers into the high-stakes world of Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing off the coast of Cape Cod. The show is all set to premiere on Friday ...

There is an old Cape Cod legend about a whale named Crook Jaw. The story goes that Ichabod Paddock, a masterly shore whaler from Yarmouth, was time and again routed by the great leviathan. His usually ...

“Kauri dieback is a natural disaster. I’m no biologist, but I can confidently say a whale-song mix-tape isn’t going to stop it. Nor are pagan potions made from whale-oil on the ...