A recent study from Ocean Wise, published in the journal Environmental DNA, shows that seawater containing environmental DNA, or eDNA, shed by an individual whale — also called fluke wake — can ...

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Maine Beer Co. has installed a 53-ft fin whale skeleton above its Freeport tasting room. Let's take a look at this coolness.

A lone orca beloved by locals, tourists and guides has made his way back to the Bay of Fundy this year, just as he has for 20 years, although spotting him is rare. David Matthews has spotted the orca, ...

Drone observations show a previously unknown behavior in white sharks in which they rotate their first dorsal fin toward an object, possibly to investigate it, researchers said. Carlos Guana Journal ...

Carrying and looking after young is a demanding task, and bigger, longer females have more stored fat to tap for the job. The ...