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"The ripple effect we need everywhere." One person unintentionally inspired a small movement to transform the beach: 'The most amazing thing' first appeared on The Cool Down.

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, discover its European origins and independent zeal in Virginia's Historic Triangle.

Pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) are among the ocean's most enigmatic inhabitants—rarely seen and largely unstudied. They live far offshore in small groups, diving in search of squid and fish.

After nearly two decades, the baby whale came back—as a mother, with a baby of its own. Julie Albert, director of the Right Whale Sighting Network at Blue World Research Institute, a nonprofit, first ...

It may be the way they look or the way they behave – the end result is that they are truly fascinating. It may be the way ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question still lingers—was it worth it?

Marineland, a closed aquatic park in Ontario, had threatened to euthanize its whales after the government denied an application to send them to China. By Vjosa Isai Reporting from Toronto After ...

For the first time, we know more than we ever expected to know about the sex lives of the majestic beluga whale. It's complicated, to say the least, but it also shows just how strategic nature is at ...

Canada's last captive whales have received a reprieve from death after the government conditionally approved a plan Monday to export them to the United States. Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson met ...

Dangers are lurking in the deep but some sea creatures are more intelligent than we give them credit for. The great white ...

Groundbreaking research is revealing that communication among whales is far more complex and sophisticated than previously believed. Juliette Goodrich reports.