Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

Researchers studied a whale decomposing at the bottom of the ocean and found that its body sustains deep-sea creatures for ...

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Picture the South African coast alive with giant humpback whales in superpods feeding, their huge bodies gliding through the ...

Scientists are hopeful that blue and fin whale populations in the southeast Atlantic are finally recovering more than 40 years after they were devastated by commercial whaling. They found that ...

Discover the newly identified box jellyfish — and see how its unusual traits reveal how much scientists still have to learn.

Rowan astronomer Amy Barraclough shares insights from a Patagonia expedition, inspiring conservation, astronomy education and ...

A humpback whale that underwent a rescue operation in Germany two weeks ago after beaching itself there has been found dead near a Danish island, officials said Saturday. "It can now be confirmed that ...

Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on Monday (May 18). The close approach will be visible to stargazers and can be ...

This must be a snorkeler’s worst nightmare! But all animals have to poop somehow and that is as true for whale sharks as for ...