From a huge baby penguin to a pet octopus who laid 50 eggs and a whale that might have been a Russian spy, here is a look at some of the most famous animals of 2024.

The study claims that the Arctic is the fastest warming region on the planet and that, as sea ice retreats, its waters are ...

Just as doctors might do to patients in a hospital, Arnold Leonard once used specially fitted plastic tubing to administer oxygen to a beluga whale. In the summer of 1986, Leonard and others adopted ...

ABASHIRI, Hokkaido--Fisherman Yoichi Ishigaki has such fond memories of a lone but sociable beluga whale he bonded with while battling cancer that he erected a memorial to his “friend” after ...

Weight loss refers to a decrease in your overall body weight from muscle, water, and fat loss. Fat loss refers to weight loss from fat only, and it’s a more specific and healthy goal than ...

When a 16-foot, 3,000-pound mystery whale washed ashore on the South Island of New Zealand in July, even the world’s foremost cetacean experts were taken aback. Anton van Helden, a senior marine ...

Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from head injuries, an expert said Friday. The first dissection of a spade-toothed whale ...

The heart rate level to burn fat will depend on your age, diet, and fitness, typically falling between 64% to 76% of your maximum heart rate. For example, a 40-year-old swimmer should try to keep ...

A dead humpback whale that washed up on Bayside Beach in Plymouth earlier this week will likely be moved to Bourne for study. As of Thursday, the whale "remained anchored on site where it first ...

Beluga whales are the only whales, other than narwhals, a closely related species, that live exclusively in arctic and subarctic waters. Like many other arctic animals, belugas are white. In fact, the ...

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