Off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, killer whale families survive thanks to their oldest and most experienced members: ...

They are big. They are beautiful. And they are back. The return of the humpback whale to greater numbers than observed in decades is part of a larger revival of marine mammals in the Salish Sea. It is ...

He has been besieged by birds, had 120m crabs try to crawl up his trouser leg and stayed cool beside an erupting Icelandic volcano. As David Attenborough turns 100, we celebrate his most extraordinary ...

To mark David Attenborough turning 100, New Scientist staff have been set a tricky task: pick your favourite of his many ...

Debate continues to rage over whether a strange carcass found in 1937 was a new species or a basking shark. Either way, the case reveals how little is known about what lies beneath the waves ...

Scientists and tourists alike have been amazed by the massive sea lion hanging out on a San Francisco pier. The species can grow nearly twice the size of California sea lions.

The Sunnmøre region in western Norway hides a surprising food culture in its network of fjords, with old techniques and local ...

The Sunnmøre region in western Norway hides a surprising food culture in its network of fjords, with old techniques and local ...

Lockheed Martin is building an unmanned underwater vehicle designed to clamp onto the outside of a submarine, hitch a ride across the ocean, and then break away to hunt on its own, carrying ...

Some of the largest animals on Earth are finding it hard to be heard deep beneath the surface. Endangered pilot whales are ...

Jasperdo The thing about stress is that it’s sneaky. You don’t realize how tightly you’re wound until something forces you to ...

The national parks in Alaska are magical places of snow, ice, glaciers and landscapes untouched by humans with wildlife ...