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Sperm whales are the loudest animals on Earth and rely on sound to find food in the sprawling darkness of the deep sea. MBARI ...

The sightings reported by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life represent more than one quarter of ...

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A construction project at San Pedro High School in Los Angeles, California, turned up millions of rare fossils dating back ...

During recent construction work at a Los Angeles high school, millions of fossils were unearthed, many of which were marine life-like fish and sea turtles.

Scientists from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life recently spotted over 82 unique North Atlantic right whales – including 56 in one day. These ...

A giant whale stole the show at the Summer Olympic Games, shooting out of the water as athletes competed in women's surfing ...

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A Mississippi man who was helping excavate a mammoth tusk he found ran across a fossil from an extinct whale, millions of years old, just hours later.

A group of whale-watching tourists got more than they bargained for in a recent trip off Australia's coast. A massive whale circled a boat near Sydney for nearly an hour Aug. 16, leaving the 21 ...

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