This past July 4th, a rare beaked whale washed up on a beach in New Zealand. This species is so elusive it has never been ...

Sperm whales, the planet’s largest toothed predator, have incredibly complex social structures and cultural practices. During a recent WWF-backed research expedition around Greece’s northwestern ...

Olympic National Park is known as one of the quietest places in the U.S., and it's home to 1 million acres of rainforest.

State Rep. Carole Fiola has has "lengthy discussions" with the MBTA after trains were canceled this weekend. Text alerts can ...

Some experts say Carrier made mistakes typical of a landlubber, confusing the animal’s melon, an oil-filled section of the head found in other toothed whales, with its spermaceti organ ...

The Week of the Young Child, an annual, national event, which celebrates early learning, young children, their parents and ...

Sičquuʔuƛ is the late Barbara Touchie’s Nuu-chah-nulth name and means “a dorsal fin coming around a point of land”. Touchie ...

Let’s dig deeper into what whales eat based on whether they are baleen whales or toothed whales. Baleen whales, also known collectively as Mysticeti, are one of the two main groups of whale species.

The answer to this question varies among whale species. A toothed whale may nurse her baby anywhere from 12-36 months. Alternatively, a bowhead whale nurses her baby for 6-12 months. A beluga whale ...

A team of scientists found prehistoric animal footprints that indicate how creatures behaved in Oregon as far back as 50 ...