Tahiti and Bora Bora may be traditional honeymoon destinations, but they also make the ultimate playground for young kids.

While much of the United States is experiencing snow and cold, Cabrillo National Monument in California is preparing for their 75th year of land-based whale wat ...

(Source: Getty) The Australian Open will commence with main draw action on January 12. The early rounds will be played over the first week, while second-week action will commence on January 19.

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After 18 hours of being stuck at a creek in the Sunderbans, a whale was rescued and released by the Bengal Forest department on Friday. The incident took place at Kakdwip in the South 24 Parganas ...

Young readers are encouraged to dive into a new whale adventure with an engaging children’s book: “Koda and the Whales; a True Story.” Marine biologist, professor and whale researcher Carrie Newell, ...

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

Just north of Depoe Bay, both volunteers and visitors flocked to this spot before the new year for Oregon State Parks' Whale Watch Week. Era Horton, a 16-year volunteer with Whale Watch Week ...

North Atlantic right whales were subject to "Yankee whaling," which ended around 1910, he said. Given the animals' slow rate of reproduction, the small number of whales that weren't hunted were ...

The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought some bittersweet calf news as well as an exciting update for the community that follows Southern Resident killer whales, also known as orcas.