It’s taller than the Eiffel Tower is high and longer than the Empire State Building is tall—and it’s turning heads in Winona.

Finding creature comforts in Africa, exploring the Galapagos and travelling to the ends of the earth, Simon Calder shares his ...

A necropsy of this female gray whale revealed it was underweight, though a cause of death was not immediately determined. The Marine Mammal Center said that ship strikes are a leading cause of ...

Watson is the former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose high-seas confrontations with whaling vessels have drawn widespread attention. He was arrested on July 21 when his ship d ...

A rare male Hen Harrier, one of Britain’s most elusive birds of prey, stunned birdwatchers at Wallasea Island in Essex. Gliding silently across the marshes, it put up a breath-taking display. A male ...

The movie, directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, celebrates animals while planting a seed of interest in rescue operations. By Alissa Wilkinson Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action ...

The death of an endangered North Atlantic right whale is believed to be due to a ship strike. The whale was found dead just off the coast of Virginia last month. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Centuries-old ship logs from whaling vessels are helping scientists chart a more sustainable path in the face of extreme weather. Researchers in the US are mining thousands of daily entries ...

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