In today’s fast-changing world, where species are constantly evolving and many are disappearing, it’s fascinating to learn ...

The average human lifespan is just under 80 years, but some animals live much longer. Greenland sharks, bowhead whales, koi, ...

For the first time in recorded history, a group of bowhead whales has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia, far ...

From the icy waters where the bowhead whale glides silently for two centuries, to the busy cities where modern human life ...

Hess focuses on the hunt for the bowhead whale. He shows us how it feels to stand in an open boat bobbing on a frozen sea, waiting to take a harpoon-gun shot at a creature the size of an 18-wheeler.

We all must accept that, like spring ephemerals, our lifespans are limited, and so we should make the most of the time we ...

A new multiyear offshore program, to be unveiled soon, will include a reconfigured Arctic area where future lease sales will ...

Then he turned the boat around and we headed back to town for some hot soup. Bowhead whales are named for the massive bony skulls that enable them to break through ice to breathe. They can live up ...

In a heart-stopping incident, a hotel worker narrowly escaped becoming a polar bear's next meal in the Arctic town of ...

Even biologists only capture a glimpse of the lives of whales. There are still many species whose lives are largely a mystery, particularly the deep diving whales. But scientists are learning more ...