The 20-year-old whale mothers, named Blackheart and Caterpillar, were seen Dec. 30 near Ponte Vedra Beach, a suburb of ...

Other Southern Resident orcas have been seen carrying dead calves but not for as long as Tahlequah did. In 2018, she carried ...

“The death of any calf is a tremendous loss. But the death of J61 is particularly devastating - not just because she was a ...

Hermanus, popular with whale watchers, has its own whale crier who announces sightings in the area [Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group/Getty Images] It wasn’t always this way ...

A young humpback whale washed ashore in Long Beach on Monday morning — with authorities now working to determine why it died, according to police. “Early this morning, a juvenile humpback ...

A missing and endangered Hilton Head Island woman has been found. Officials were searching for a missing and endangered ...

Step aside Moo Deng, there’s a new pygmy hippopotamus in town. Earlier this month, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WPMI) — A 40-foot sperm whale was found dead in Fort Morgan, Alabama Sunday morning. Officials removed it from the area and said they would conduct tests to determine the cause of ...

Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear in articles. This year, tidbits about ...

The death of a spy is rarely newsworthy, due to the secrecy surrounding it. But by the time a white beluga whale suspected of ...

National Geographic's enterprising photographers have helped readers explore and learn about our beautiful world through their images for more than a century. Here is their best work from the past ...