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, ...

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

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 ...

"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 ...

The marine science community is considering several theories as to why the whale would venture so close to land and in such shallow, warm waters. The whale may have been following food ...

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 ...

The fate of two killer whales is uncertain following the closure of a marine zoo in France on Sunday. Campaigners and the zoo's managers have been locked in disagreement about what should happen to ...

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 ...