A newly discovered fossil of a four-legged whale in Peru sheds new light on the evolution of whales and their journey across ...

Picture a peaceful farm at sunrise: cows grazing lazily, horses trotting in the distance, and the air thick with the sounds ...

Imagine looking at a majestic blue whale gliding effortlessly through the ocean, the largest animal on Earth. Now, picture ...

An immigration judge’s ruling allowing the deportation of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil to proceed hands a victory to the Trump administration in its campaign to purge foreign agitators stirring up ...

It has been suggested that the dilemma may have been alleviated through evolution, with humans giving birth to less ... They also found that wider birth canals are genetically associated with slower ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The width of a person’s hips seems to be a result of complex trade-offs between the evolution of larger brains and upright walking, according to the largest study of its kind to date.

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre ...

They describe extensive variations in length and sequence composition between and within species, which are partly the result of fast and recent evolution. For example, around 40% of the ...

A rare juvenile minke whale that had repeatedly been seen stranded in the San Francisco Bay was euthanized Tuesday after officials determined the mammal had little chance for survival. The ...

The whales, named Koala and Curlew, “appear to be in good health,” officials says. However, they face dangers from potentially deadly boat strikes due to being close to shore at a tourism hot ...

The brutality of nature was on full display along the Aussie coast this week as a boat full of tourists was treated to the sight of more than 60 orcas successfully hunting a blue whale — an ...