An orca calf less than 24 hours old has been spotted in a rare sighting of a newborn killer whale in Western Australia. The animals are regularly seen off Bremer Bay in summer, but calves are ...

According to NOAA, the dead whale had a calf that was not likely to survive without its mother. Cargo container ship. Image by ilfede via Depositphotos Although the whaling era is over and some ...

Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale entangled in ropes at a Skye salmon farm. The animal was spotted in difficulty at Organic Sea Harvest's Invertote site near Staffin in the north of the ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...

For a second time, the world watched as Tahlequah, an endangered southern resident killer whale, struggled to keep her dead newborn calf afloat in the Salish Sea. But with Ottawa failing to take ...

Using DNA analysis, the researchers managed to zero in on orcas, better known as killer whales, and broadnose sevengill sharks as the possible killers, according to a new study published in the ...

Awe-inspiring wilderness, rugged coastline, award-winning produce and a mellow culture – Joanna Whitehead discovers why ...

A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye. Organic Sea Harvest said it had suspended normal operations at its Invertote site in the north of ...

Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy is the elder daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She was named after her great-aunt who died in a plane crash. She has not publicly commented on her father's nomination for ...