Whales

For centuries, the cruel industry decimated entire whale species—and claimed countless human lives. Whalers arrived prepared for their own deaths.

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

Back when killer whales used to assist humans.

For 20 years, a whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the Massachusetts museum where it hangs.

Around the Caribbean island nation, local cetaceans have some unique traits, including doubling down on defecation.

We get the backstory to the new novel Whalefall, about a man who finds himself in the belly of a sperm whale.

And maybe the heaviest animal the world has ever seen.

Orcas and humans once hunted together in southeastern Australia, until their millennia-old relationship broke down.

The Black, Caspian, and Aral Seas are the last surviving fragments of a body of water that stretched from Austria to Turkmenistan.

No one was sure about the size of these almost-mythical wildlife events—until we got it all on camera.

Yes, orcas have viral cultural trends, too.