Maxing out at around 200 tons, the blue whale is not only the largest animal on the planet, it is also the largest animal ...

Since time immemorial, humankind has wondered about its lineage: where it came from and how it got here. Modern science has ...

When most people imagine scientists discovering new species, they probably still picture an expedition into the unknown.

There are multiple species to be seen, including southern right whales along with much rarer sightings of Bryde's whales, ...

Scientists have uncovered a fish-hunting raptor from Patagonia that may have stalked prey like a giant prehistoric heron.

Research led by Professor Michelle LaRue from the School of Earth and Environment at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University ...

HOLED up in a small basement with no natural light, fresh air, or deep water to dive in, the tragic enclosure of a gentoo penguin in London’s Sea Life aquarium is a far cry from their homeland ...

It was an uncannily calm day on Macquarie Island, a sliver of oceanic crust located about halfway between New Zealand and ...

A pair of endangered rays taken from a Tasmanian harbour as a species "insurance policy" have been released back into the ...

Scientists have made what could be one of the cutest discoveries of recent times - a new teeny tiny species of octopus the size of a golf ball.

More than 40 years since the end of commercial whaling, research reveals an increase in sightings of whales in the ...

A new study into one of Earth’s most critical habitats has discovered that a species once thought to reproduce through ...