Sperm whales search the dark ocean with extremely short, focused pulses of sound. Measurements place the apparent source ...

Deep in remote Indonesia, survival depends entirely on the land and ocean. With no access to supplies, every day revolves around fishing, foraging and adapting to the environment. The tropical setting ...

Sperm whales sleep vertically in silent pods near the ocean surface, drifting head-up in synchronised clusters for ten to ...

Whale sharks inhabit tropical seas where prey is often scarce and unevenly distributed, forcing them to adjust continually as ...

Sperm whales sleep vertically in silent clusters near the ocean surface, tails dangling toward the deep, in ten-to-fifteen-minute bursts — one of the shortest sleep cycles of any mammal, and the ...

The gathering highlights the New York Bight's comeback as a thriving ecosystem after decades of heavy pollution and ocean dumping.

Peter Marra, Georgetown University and Nathan W. Cooper, Smithsonian Institution Every year, billions of migratory birds ...

A gigantic 12-foot-long, 1,000-pound great white shark was tracked off of Long Island’s East End in late June.

Robin Greenfield is an author and environmental activist. He is over nine months into a year of foraging for all of his food ...

We have the answer for Bottlenose ___, ocean mammal that has been seen wearing sea sponges on its snout like gloves, while foraging on rocky sea floors ...

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. Every summer, New Hampshire’s seacoast ...

With their long, streamlined bodies, beaked whales look similar to dolphins. However, the marine mammals are their own species. Despite ranging between 13 and 43 feet and weighing up to 15 tons, ...