The existence of menopause in humans has long been a biological conundrum, but scientists are getting a better understanding from a surprising source: whales. Findings of a new study suggest menopause ...

Watch scenes from the films nominated for best picture at the 98th annual Academy Awards, as well as interviews with the ...

Aspen groves appear out of nowhere, their white trunks standing out against the brown hillsides. Keep climbing and you’ll ...

A dead whale that washed up on Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York, on Thursday may explode, authorities have warned, adding ...

Just two days after a young gray whale stunned southwest Washington by swimming about 20 miles up the Willapa River, two ...

"If you see a blow, go slow." ...

A juvenile gray whale that swam 20 miles up a river in Washington state has been found dead. A marine mammal research group ...

The last scientific record of a sperm whale birth dates back to 1986 — and that account included only written observations.

The whale was already in a “very debilitated state” when it entered the Southwest Washington river near Willapa Bay and ...

In 1820, an 80-ton sperm whale rammed into and capsized the Essex, an American whaling vessel. The nightmarish tale reportedly inspired Herman Melville’s 1851 classic, Moby-Dick. And two centuries ...