Steamships allowed whalers to travel further and at higher speeds, keeping pace with whales that would have outswum the sailing ships of earlier generations. Harpooning cannons killed even the largest ...

We opened a window into our country’s biodiversity only to find there are so many more windows left to be opened.” ...

This photograph is a moving portrait of kindness set against a landscape shaped by uncertainty ...

These award-winning images capture acts of kindness from around the world. Selected from the Envision Kindness "Our World is ...

Sempra, the California utility, is promoting one of the major new terminals for liquefied natural gas on the shore of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Hinerapa Rupuha shares her six-week star-guided waka voyage across the Pacific and the lessons it taught her about life and heritage.

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Needless to say, the General Sherman tree is pretty heavy. The US National Park Service quotes a figure of around 1,270,000 kilograms (2,799,870 pounds) for the trunk alone – that’s roughly the ...

Groundbreaking research is revealing that communication among whales is far more complex and sophisticated than previously ...

North Atlantic right whale calves have been documented so far this season, a first in 15 years for the endangered species.

Since around 2015, female southern right whales have not given birth as often. These extended calving intervals mean fewer ...

Southern right whales are having fewer calves as sea ice shrinks. Scientists say this species may now be a warning sign of climate change.