Study reveals significant pollution in Lady's Island lagoon, necessitating millions for restoration to combat EU fines.

Computer models helped decode whale communication. But some scientists say there are barriers that cannot be overcome.

After the attack, which took place off the coast of Honduras, one of the orcas charged “directly” at the anglers’ boat.

While fishing off the coast of Honduras in 2023, a group of anglers stumbled upon a rare sight: a pod of orcas hunting down a ...

Minister Noonan seeks public help in investigating the shooting of a rare White-tailed Sea Eagle near Lough Owel, Westmeath ...

After consulting with federal authorities, rescuers decided the most humane course of action was to euthanize the animal.

THE “world’s loneliest orca” who has been trapped in a tiny pool for 32 years is experiencing the “worst form of torture”, experts claim. A devastating video shows Kshamenk barely able ...

Giant ships that transport everything from coffee cups to clothes across the ocean are often so large they can’t tell when ...

BEACH walkers were stunned to come across a massive whale skull washed up on the shore. Samuel Watkiss, 24, a keen surfer and environmentalist from Yorkshire Dales, stumbled upon the ...

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A team of scientists and filmmakers heads to Antarctica to study the most sophisticated hunts in the animal kingdom - killer whales making waves to wash seals off floating ice. Show more In ...

A killer whale, which captured the world's attention in 2018 when it was spotted pushing the dead body of its newborn calf for 17 days, appears to be grieving again. The whale, known as Tahlequah ...