Bull’s Bridge is one of the few remaining covered bridges in Connecticut. Driving through it feels like you’re entering a secret passage to another time. The town center is quaint without being too ...

Beluga whales, also known as ‘white whales’, are social and smart marine mammals that are well adapted to living in very cold waters. Their incredible echolocation abilities, however, make them ...

Out in the open water, this friendly beluga whale surprised us with the sweetest hello—swimming up close and asking for pets like a playful pup. Gentle, curious, and totally unforgettable ...

A beluga whale is hard to mistake for a mermaid unless you're at sea for months, and it's the first thing you see. Here's how it happened.

The frequency was much higher than a blue whale or its cousin ... species — the dappled skin of a narwhal and stout body of a beluga, for example — it might be labeled a hybrid based on ...

Right whales (not to be confused with the Beluga whale, which is also nicknamed 'white whale') are an endangered species of Atlantic whale with fewer than 400 individuals still alive worldwide.

As he descended, a hulking mass took shape below him. There, at an exceptionally shallow 115 feet, lay the body of a baby gray whale. Whale falls are usually not seen by human divers. Typically ...

Kirsten Freja Young is a Senior Lecturer in Ecology at the University of Exeter and also works as an independent consultant to Greenpeace Research Laboratories. Marion Rossi does not work for ...

WITH RESEARCHERS WHO ARE LOOKING INTO THIS TREND. FOUR OF THE FIVE WHALES FOUND IN THE LAST MONTH ARE GRAY WHALES. AND RIGHT NOW, WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR MIGRATION FROM MEXICO, WHERE THEY ...

A Jupiter resident captured video of a humpback whale breaching close to shore in Palm Beach County. Experts say while humpbacks are common in South Florida during winter, this whale's proximity ...

A resident population of blue whales has for many years lived in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka, but in recent years sightings of the animals have declined rapidly. With multiple pressures on ...

In July 2024, scientists in Otago, New Zealand, made a stunning discovery: an elusive spade-toothed beaked whale had washed up on the shore. The whale had never been seen in the wild, and finding a ...