Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging ...

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The Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi has partnered with Snap Inc. to bring 13.8 billion years of history to life. Here is ...

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The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains dolphins, porpoises, and whales), but one surpasses them all. Meet the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Fossil records make one evolutionary pattern especially ...

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Jessica Woodend has spent 20 years in wildlife education and animal care Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

Officials have determined that a deceased sperm whale that washed up on the north shore of Nantucket on Sunday is too big to move for a necropsy. Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket Executive Director ...