Imagine standing on a muddy riverbank 50 million years ago and seeing a strange creature lumbering by—part crocodile, part ...

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

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.

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 ...

Gray whales are dying in large numbers, again. At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year in the shallow, protected lagoons of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, where the ...

An orca attack on a pygmy blue whale is witnessed by researchers and tourists onboard a whale-watching vessel off the WA coast. It is one of just a handful of documented killer whale attacks on a ...

A gray whale pushes her calf to the surface in Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico, on Feb. 21, 2021. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) ...