From massive whales to towering elephants, nature’s giants embody strength, endurance, and resilience, offering clues about ...

Imagine looking at a majestic blue whale gliding effortlessly through the ocean, the largest animal on Earth. Now, picture ...

Tourists off Australia's Bremer Bay watched as the orcas surrounded a 60ft endangered pygmy blue whale and tore it to shreds in a savage 90-minute attack. The event is so rare it's only the fourth ...

A 25-foot grey whale was found dead near Huntington Beach Pier, prompting an investigation. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center is conducting a necropsy to determine the cause of death. The adult female ...

“Look at that,” he said with excitement in one video of a blue whale breaching the surface nearby. While he was out on the ocean last year, a large bluefin tuna jumped out of the water directl ...

Killer whales are known for hunting in packs, making them a dangerous creature. A pod of more than 60 orcas, better known as killer whales, have been spotted attacking and killing an 18-metre-long ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Happily, Dionne has come up with a solution. “Why don’t we use the internationally agreed upon standard of measurement – the blue whale?” The blue whale genome is 2.4 billion bases in length.

The brutality of nature was on full display along the Aussie coast this week as a boat full of tourists was treated to the sight of more than 60 orcas successfully hunting a blue whale — an ...

An orca attack on a pygmy blue whale is witnessed by researchers and tourists onboard a whale-watching vessel off the WA coast. It is one of just a handful of documented killer whale attacks on a ...