On Sept. 27, 1825, the first steam-powered railway engine to run on a public railway — George Stephenson's Locomotion No. 1 — ...

A curious minke whale shocked boaters in the North Sea by swimming directly beneath their small vessel in a rare close ...

A massive pygmy blue whale recently created a rare, unforgettable spectacle near Busselton Jetty, Western Australia, stunning locals and tourists. Captured in widely shared footage, the 24-meter giant ...

Experts speculate that orcas may be playing when they ram boats so hard they sink—a phenomenon that’s mostly been documented ...

For centuries, whale calls echoed through the oceans as mysterious, haunting sounds. Now, scientists believe sperm whales may hold the closest thing to human language in the animal kingdom. By ...

Ecologists are increasingly tapping into AI to assist conservation, but many are grappling with how to use these ...