This Big Sur state park hides an ocean waterfall, ancient redwoods, and cliffside views that instantly reset your perspective on California’s coastline.

Long ago, on a faraway Aleutian island, a pair of rare beaked whales got stranded. One was saved by biologists and swam back ...

Gray whales have heart-shaped spouts resulting from two blowholes close together. They are named for their characteristic ...

Located just north of Big Sur, Point Lobos State Natural Area is known as the “crown jewel of the California state park ...

“The ancient DNA came to our rescue to secure the specimens’ true identity,” wrote Wooller and his colleagues. It also opened ...

"I was filming in the Coral Sea when a huge shark rocketed up from the deep and came straight for me..." marine photographer ...

A University of Vermont-led study has forced marine biologists to rethink how whales shape ocean chemistry, showing that these animals transport enormous quantities of nutrients horizontally across ...

The Hispaniolan solenodon, a shrew-like creature of the Caribbean, has toxic venom and a long nose that maneuvers like a joystick.

After nearly two decades, the baby whale came back—as a mother, with a baby of its own. Julie Albert, director of the Right Whale Sighting Network at Blue World Research Institute, a nonprofit, first ...

When a right whale appeared trailing fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay Jan. 17, rescuers mobilized – underscoring challenges the species still faces.

The North Atlantic Ocean is warming up. Higher temperatures and increased human activity in the region can trigger abrupt changes in marine ecosystems, for example, how species are distributed and ...