A fisherman made a “once in a lifetime” catch — to the delight of a North Carolina charter boat captain. “I have tried many ...

Scientists have tagged a giant male great white shark off the East Coast. The researchers said "Contender" is the largest ...

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

At the Natural History Museum, the cetacean collection contains the remains of more than 6,000 specimens of whales, dolphins, ...

After a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler Beach, scientists look for a cause of death: 'Each mortality has a story to tell.' ...

"No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy," observed Nobel Prize-winning ...

From mammoth African elephants to giant whales, let's take a look at the 8 largest mammals that inhabit our planet.

Ocean's Giant The blue whale is a true marvel of the marine world. Known as the largest animal to ever exist on Earth, these ...

DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ashore near ...

Humpback whales, which can grow to 18m long and weigh up to 40 tons, are found in oceans around the world. In November divers from the large-whale disentanglement team successfully freed a ...

And as the hunt for Eliza continues, here are five of the biggest questions that still remain ... Their landlady rushed to the apartment, where she found Eliza and Henrietta's possessions ...

The body of the 26-foot long, 2- to 3-year-old female was initially spotted at the site of a blue ... largest mass strandings recorded in decades. Biologists collected samples from the whale found ...