Whales

Indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti and the Cook Islands signed a treaty that recognizes whales as legal persons. Conservationists…

The creature’s surprising anatomy suggests that rapid and unusual evolution was occurring in the seas after a period known as…

Confirming the finding would give the species the longest period of gestation known in mammals, although more research is needed.

His annual orca survey helped transform the animals’ image from soulless predators to compassionate creatures worth protecting.