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Cindy’s 5th grade class was assigned to present an object lesson. She brought her goldfish to school and made her ...

A study by Dr. Martin Ebert and Dr. Martina Kölbl-Ebert examined the remains of some 4,200 Tharsis fossil specimens. They ...

Hitan" in Arabic, holds more than 400 primitive whale skeletons that offer a snapshot of the evolution of these creatures ...

The nearly 1,065-pound whale is currently recovering in a medical habitat at the aquarium, but an expert says she's not yet ...

A beluga whale at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium had a groundbreaking surgery that is poised to change the future of beluga whale ...

The apex predators have offered up fish, birds, turtles and whales to humans around the world, according to the study.

Although sharks aren’t the mindless man-eaters they are sometimes made out to be, experts know that staying safe involves ...

It is not a good thing when your basketball team is more interesting during offseasons than when actually playing games, but that is where the Miami Heat find ...

Josh Brolin displayed eye-popping faux tattoos while on the set of the forthcoming thriller Whalefall on Monday.

While saltwater crocodiles and Komodo dragons could potentially swallow a small human in pieces or whole, humpback whales ...