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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Blue Whale at the Core Science Facility

A massive skeleton suspended in the Memorial University of Newfoundland's Core Science Facility.
From skis and boats to wind-driven sleds and teams of dogs, there's a lot of ways to travel the Antarctic.
exploration

Antarctic Explorations: Our Favorite Reads

From “windsleds” to sled dogs.
Roxanne Hoorn January 10, 2025
El Médano, Spain

'Vertebración y Desvertebración'

These sandstone replicas of a whale spine represent the history and culture of the Canary Islands.
Octopuses investigate the skeleton of a whale at a whale fall site off the California coast.
science

There Are More Whale Falls Off Los Angeles Than the Rest of the World Combined

The surprising discovery reveals how much we don't know about the deep ocean and its residents.
Douglas Main July 22, 2024
The three main pyramids at Giza, Egypt, together with subsidiary pyramids and the remains of other structures at the Giza pyramid complex.
mummies

Wonder Is Everywhere: New Finds, Viking Whale Hunters, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White May 24, 2024
Tainan City, Taiwan

Sperm Whale Exhibition Hall

Nestled between the Sicao Green Tunnel and Dazhong Temple, an antiquated exhibition hall boasts the complete skeletons of mother and child sperm whales.
Cape Town, South Africa

Beach Hut Whale Bones

This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.
Remains of whalers' wooden coffins and gravestones at Smeerenburg, in the northwest region of the Svalbard Archipelago.
cemeteries

Svalbard's Lonely Whaler Graves Included Burial Kits With Pieces of Distant Homes

For centuries, the cruel industry decimated entire whale species—and claimed countless human lives. Whalers arrived prepared for their own deaths.
Nicky Nielsen April 17, 2024
The Crooked House pub in Staffordshire, photographed in April 2023. A brick-built public house. The building was severely affected by subsidence.
science

Wonder Is Everywhere: Return of the Crooked House, World's Oldest Bread, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White March 15, 2024
animals

Podcast: Law of the Tongue

Back when killer whales used to assist humans.
The Podcast Team March 14, 2024
Reno, Nevada

Space Whale

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.
Bristol, England

John Cabot's Whalebone

A 15th-century whalebone is tucked away in an unassuming corner of this medieval church.
museums

Podcast: New Bedford Whaling Museum

For 20 years, a whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the Massachusetts museum where it hangs.
The Podcast Team December 13, 2023
The sperm whale population around Dominica is one of the most closely studied in the world.
science

Dominica's Sperm Whales Have a Surprising Superpower: Poop

Around the Caribbean island nation, local cetaceans have some unique traits, including doubling down on defecation.
Ashley Stimpson November 27, 2023
Daniel Kraus, author of the novel <em>Whalefall</em>.
whales

Podcast: A Whale of a Tale with Daniel Kraus

We get the backstory to the new novel Whalefall, about a man who finds himself in the belly of a sperm whale.
The Podcast Team August 21, 2023
Hvalfjarðarvegur, Iceland

Beached Whalers

Two whaling vessels that were sunk by an anti-whaling organization in 1986 now sit on the shore of this beautiful fjord.
A reconstruction of <em>P. colossus</em> shows it in its coastal habitat. The head is an educated guess because a skull has not been found yet.
science

Paleontologists in Peru Discover What Might Be the 'Chonkiest Whale Ever'

And maybe the heaviest animal the world has ever seen.
Roxanne Hoorn August 2, 2023
Orca pods can develop their own cultures that result in distinctive behaviors, including cooperation with humans.
museums

The Killer Whales of Eden and the 'Law of the Tongue'

Orcas and humans once hunted together in southeastern Australia, until their millennia-old relationship broke down.
Roxanne Hoorn October 11, 2023