New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial ...

Squeezed between the ocean and Cape Town’s urban sprawl, coastal caracals are the first felines to regularly dine on marine prey.

Under the watchful gaze of ecotourists, British Columbia’s grizzly bears become skittish and avoid prime hunting spots.

In spring, the days lengthen, the water warms slightly, nutrients flow into the ocean’s surface layers from land or deeper ...

Preliminary research suggests seaweed can trap and store valuable minerals. Is this the beginning of a new type of mining?

Killer whales occasionally find themselves where they don’t belong. In the Arctic, they routinely get stuck on the wrong side ...

Losing young is sad, but for small inbred populations it can sometimes be a good thing—in the long run.

A recent scientific expedition to the Gulf of Mexico seafloor shows just how little things have improved near the broken well.

They are prolific breeders, raising a dozen or more young per year in times of plenty, as happy and quick to set up house ...