Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other ...

With their pristine fur and dark almond eyes, arctic foxes are possibly one of the most beautiful mammals to have lived in ...

Moreover, Canada is closer to Greenland than Denmark and shares a land border on Hans Island. Existing ports, airfields and ...

UPDATE: This post has been updated with input from NOAA Fisheries regarding the likelihood that the whale had been struck by a ship. A 26-foot humpback whale that was found deceased and entangled ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...

The juvenile whale might have been struck by a ship and killed before the carcass had become entangled. (Footage posted below.) “When I saw that rope I got MAD. In the last few years the number ...

A whale is trapped in mooring lines just off the coast of Skye. The mammal became lodged in mooring lines of a fish farm around 10 miles north of Portree, Skye's largest town, earlier today.

in July as he sought to intercept a Japanese whaling ship. Japan, which has long sought Watson’s extradition, accuses him of obstructing commercial whaling activities and injuring crew members ...

Work to recover an anchor of a ship from the late 13th century Mongolian armada that tried to invade Japan is under way off the coast of Takashima island in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture.

History books can only cover so much, and most of us haven’t cracked one open since we were in college. But if you want to ...

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