Photographer Justin Hofman (@JustinHofman) provided some of the latest proof of this when sharing what he characterized in the caption of a social media post as "quite likely the first-ever underwater ...

More than 323 million visitors explored America’s national parks last year, from Acadia in Maine to Zion in Utah.

Reality, however, is nothing like that famous story of revenge. Sperm whales are indeed massive, ancient creatures of great ...

Researchers in Niger’s Sahara reported fossils confirming a new Spinosaurus species, sharpening debate over how the predator ...

Get the story behind these social penguins who breed during the harshest time of year in the most inhospitable region on Earth.

Two new studies from Project CETI provide the most detailed account of a sperm whale birth ever recorded, revealing ...

Goldman Prize-winning marine conservationist Zafer Kizilkaya in Geneva: "We are not activists. We are activists at sea" ...

Citing national security, the Trump administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections for endangered animals—even if it could cause their extinction.

D.C.'s most-anticipated new museum finally has an opening date: the National Geographic Museum of Exploration debuts June 26.

Across the half century or so that seafarers and scientists have spent studying the habits of sperm whales, some of the most ...

Utahraptor State Park is named for a famous dinosaur. But it has even more to offer.

Sperm whale calf Aurora from Unit A swims alongside her mother, Lady Oracle. Dominica, Caribbean Sea. Aurora is the aunt of ...