This park in the San Juan Islands is a haven for marine animal enthusiasts. Stop by to hike the coastal trails and keep your ...

Sea otters are North America’s smallest marine mammal, weighing just 30 to 100 pounds, but their appetites are huge. They burn calories at three times the rate expected for their size, chomping on ...

There’s something profoundly different about watching an elephant amble across the savanna versus seeing one pace behind ...

Cannery Row California offers no shortage of gorgeous destinations, but Monterey? It’s the coastal equivalent of finding an extra twenty in your pocket—unexpected perfection that makes you wonder why ...

Historic adobes with thick walls and red-tiled roofs stand as reminders of Monterey’s status as California’s first capital, their simple, elegant forms housing museums and government offices that ...

Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico have been spotted hunting young great white sharks by flipping them ...

Scientists working in Mexico have recorded multiple incidents in which a group of orcas hunt young great white sharks and eat their energy-rich livers.

Known as Moctezuma’s pod, this group of orcas have developed a unique strategy for hunting juvenile white sharks in the Gulf ...

Researchers captured the novel behavior on video in the Gulf of California, recording three separate takedowns across two ...

Tennessee's wildlife has a unique way of surviving the winter months, from hibernation to animals that thrive in chillier ...

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was it? A sixth-century Byzantine mosaic depicts an amphibious monster—though ...

SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish Sea.