Early ancestors of the ocean's biggest animals once walked on land. Follow their extraordinary journey from shore to sea. Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life underwater, ...

Research Reveals Whales Evolved in Three Rapid Phases, Their Ancestors Crawled Out of the Sea 400 Million Years Ago A recent research revealed a remarkable story of whale evolution—how these ...

A Proceedings of the Royal Society B study of 5,600 mammals found that two species will never return to dry land.

"They end up coming into shallow areas and get stranded by the receding tide, so the natural lay-of-the-land is a real risk factor for these animals," Dr Brownlow says. But if a single whale gets ...

Stranding, also known as beaching, is a phenomenon where whales and dolphins purposely strand themselves on land. Baby whales can strand from their mothers if they are separated and cannot survive ...

A sprawl of now-unidentifiable machines used in what was once the world’s only on-land and biggest whale abattoir face a similar fate. Dead penguins and a lone departed seal are dotted across ...

Along with further sightings of whales and dolphins in the vicinity. After all the exploration by land and sea, the afternoon is at your leisure before a farewell meal for the group hosted by the ...

In a sweeping order, President Trump halted federal approvals for new wind farms, in a move that could affect projects on ...

Federal and state officials are recovering the carcass of a humpback whale calf from the shores of Kihei, Maui. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources says it is a deceased humpback ...