in hopes of capturing a bowhead whale to share with their village. But as global warming accelerates ice melt, it threatens the tribe’s 4,000-year-old tradition. National Geographic ...

It’s long been a puzzle. Cancer is, statistically speaking, a disease of aging. The longer something lives, the more likely ...

Artifacts found at archeological sites in France and Spain along the Bay of Biscay shoreline show that humans have been ...

A study published in the journal Current Biology describes a new example of tool use by a critically endangered population of ...

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other—the first evidence of ...

Recently discovered bones of a basilosaurus in Mississippi offer insight into its life and what happened after its death.

A humpback whale stays by the side of a whale entangled in fishing gear. He spent more than five hours by her side, swimming below her and raising her to the surface to breathe. Photograph By Dan ...