That is why the huge creature that now awes visitors in the Sea Hall of the National Museum of Natural History-the second blue whale to be displayed there in this century-is not a stuffed whale.

A one-foot-long baby squid was spotted swimming in the waters around the South Sandwich islands. The footage is unprecedented ...

Smithsonian Institution A female whale named Phoenix, nearly 50 feet long, will be the focal point of a new state-of-the-art Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH).

Florida couple goes all in Get into all national parks for free on April 19 Professional ... In Atlanta, Ill., the American ...

Simon Pierce, who has studied whale sharks globally, said he has photographed suspected mating scars on female sharks in St.

The Maine State Museum is preparing to reopen with a centerpiece whale skeleton exhibit, marking a major step in its ...

The millions-year-old specimen discovered by a fossil enthusiast on the Gaviota Coast may be a never-before-found genus or ...

Wildlife authorities freed a entangled gray whale Wednesday after it was caught in a net off the Southern California coast. The Marine Mammal Care Center (MMCC) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World’ is a 1,275-foot-long panorama painting that was painted in the 1840s. The painting depicts the ...

A group of whale watchers from shore spotted the whale and reported it on April 8. A team led by NOAA Fisheries responded.