Spotting a surfboard on an Irish river is unusual enough, but finding two seals on it has got to be a one-off! In this ...

Dramatic landscapes and rich biodiversity characterize Alaska’s unique environment. Alaska is the only US state with ...

One and a half years of pregnancy, up to two years of nursing, then hunting and sharing food with their adult children who never leave. Orca moms go hard. "There's a long, long cost of taking care of ...

Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called ...

Word and photos of Vancouver’s mystery orcas reached marine biologist Emma Luck in Alaska. A year earlier, she had been alerted to a trio of mystery orcas in Turnagain Arm near Anchorage. Orcas are ...

Killer whales are apex predators capable of hunting seals, sharks, and even large whales. Despite their size and power, there are no confirmed fatal attacks on humans by wild orcas. Their hunting ...

Seals and sea lions may look similar at first glance, but the differences between them are far more significant than most people realize. Both evolved from land-dwelling ancestors and adapted to life ...

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Nature is weird, if you haven't noticed. Waxwing birds get drunk on fermented fruit, there are sharks that lay eggs which look like corkscrews, and Brazil has a tree so huge it looks like a lush, ...