A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.

After creating an economic mess with ill-advised tariffs, Hitler looked north in pursuit of resources and national security.

Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a ...

Within four months, three picture books and one YA novel inspired by Herman Melville’s best-known works are hitting shelves.

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Imagine hiking through the dense forests of Montana, catching a glimpse of a grizzly bear in the distance, or witnessing a bald eagle soaring above a pristine lake. Encounters like these might seem ...

One Golden Retriever puppy named Lady is right up there with my pup in terms of being one of the most precious-looking girls ...

The white whale of American whiskey just surfaced again. Michter's Distillery, the Louisville-based operation known for producing some of the most sought-after bottles in the country, has announc ...

The U.S.'s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing ...

A North Atlantic right whale washed ashore on a Virginia barrier island, according to federal scientists, marking the second ...

Nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves have been documented so far this calving season, a milestone for one of the world’s most endangered whale species. According to Clearwater Marine ...

North Atlantic right whales sometimes gather at Jeffrey’s Ledge, a 62-mile-long underwater ridge about 25 miles off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Sarah Leiter DMR, NMFS Permit No. 27858. Get ...