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The Kangei Maru, the world’s only whaling mother ship, left its home Port of Shimonoseki on Monday for its second whaling ...

Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health say warming temperatures combined with rising carbon ...

Thousands of gray whales are migrating past the Oregon coast in poor condition, with record-low calf numbers and visible ...

Thousands of gray whales now migrating north from Baja California are in such poor shape and so few calves were born this ...

The oil drilling platform blew up 15 years ago, triggering the worst single environmental disaster in the nation’s history.

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California ...

While rice dishes vary in taste and tradition, experts note a growing shift toward healthier rice choices, even during festive celebrations. Let's check them out. Black rice pudding Fluffy basmati ...

"While not the outcome we hoped for, it was in the best interest of this whale," the Marine Mammal Center said Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University ...

Tourists and researchers witnessed a pod of orcas hunt and kill an endangered pygmy blue whale. © Robert Pittman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Every summer ...

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 ...

COROLLA, N.C. — The female humpback whale carcass that washed up in Corolla Thursday is now on the beach and undergoing an external exam and necropsy. Officials with the North Carolina Aquariums ...