The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

A velvet ant sting is like “hot oil spilling over your hand” – now, scientists have identified molecules in its venom that ...

Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the U.S. these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 ...

An animal rescue group said 61 dead cetaceans - an order of aquatic mammals that includes whales and dolphins - had been recorded since the oil spill.

Rodents of unusual size, or ROUS, are vicious creatures featured in "The Princess Bride" — but do they really exist? While ...

The Hudson Bay polar bear populations were affected positively and negatively by a shift in sea ice and wind patterns in 2024 ...

The animal’s predators are humans – a few years ago, manatees were still being served in the village restaurant. Read more at ...

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving ...

Footage captured by a mobile phone last August near Kınalıada in Istanbul shows an adult dolphin repeatedly striking a calf, leading to its death, ...

The mimic octopus, which lives in sandy habitats devoid of any shelter, even impersonates some of the ocean’s deadliest ...

The Biden White House said early Monday that outgoing President Joe Biden has ordered huge swaths of U.S. federal waters ...

The CDC called findings about bird flu mutations in a human case “concerning” but says the risk to the general public from the outbreak “remains low.” ...