Costa Rica is a beautiful country. It’s a very popular summer destination, especially for eco-tours and swimming. Not only ...

Wondrous kelp beds harbor a complex ecosystem that’s teeming with life, cleaning the water and the atmosphere, and bringing ...

A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could ...

The whale, which washed up on Sunday, had its jaw excised to prevent thieves from stealing its teeth, officials said.

Officials have determined that a deceased sperm whale that washed up on the north shore of Nantucket on Sunday is too big to ...

The 50-foot-long dead sperm whale that washed up Sunday on Nantucket will be taken back to sea to decompose for safety ...

Using a chainsaw, fillet knives and the pulling force of a Ford F-250, members of Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket, the ...

For centuries, humans have drawn a line between themselves and other species, initially claiming that other animals couldn’t feel pain. Science proved they could. Then the argument shifted: Animals ...

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell the difference. Two adult sperm whales swim side by side in Dominica. The ...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has dropped 16% over the past month, triggered by a wave of selling from long-term "OG" holders to smaller retail traders and institutions. What Happened: A prominent market ...

One of Trevor Barrett’s excavators and a Robert B. Our tugboat were used to remove the dead sperm whale from Nantucket’s ...

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was it? A sixth-century Byzantine mosaic depicts an amphibious monster—though ...