Experts believe fewer than 10 vaquita, the world’s smallest porpoise, survive in Mexico’s Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez, the only place the species lives. Illegal fishing ...

Dolphins and porpoises are actually whales. But whales are whales too. And so are narwhals. Sorry for springing that on you ...

View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area. By William B. DavisMadison DongJudson JonesJohn Keefe and Bea Malsky An intense storm caused flooding and forced evacuations in areas ...

Feb. 14, 2025 — In a study measuring neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions and satellite-based air pollution data, newborns exposed to higher levels of NO2 have a 30-35% higher risk of ...

In the sixth mass extinction, the so-called "Anthropocene extinction", species are disappearing much faster than would happen "naturally" - namely ...