Do Animals Grieve? The Mother Orca Who Carried Her Dead Calf for 17 Days
She would not let her baby sink. For seventeen days and a thousand miles, a mother orca carried the body of her newborn — and the whole world stopped to […]
Why a Shark Might Swim Beside a Diver Without Attacking
A calm shark encounter can look terrifying at first, but not every close approach is an attack. Here is why sharks sometimes swim beside divers without harming them. Slug: why-sharks-swim-beside-divers-without-attacking […]
The Longest Walk: How One Light Can Cost a Baby Sea Turtle Its Life
For more than 100 million years, baby sea turtles have found the sea by the light of the moon. Tonight, a single porch light can send them the wrong way […]
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The Longest Walk: How One Light Can Cost a Baby Sea Turtle Its Life
For millions of years, baby sea turtles have found the sea by the light of the moon. Now, a single porch light can send them the wrong way – forever.
The Loudest Voice on Earth Belongs to a Whale You’ll Never See
A mile beneath the waves, in total darkness, the sperm whale “sees” with sound – and its voice is the loudest of any animal alive.
A Heart the Size of a Car: Meet the Largest Animal That Has Ever Lived
Bigger than any dinosaur. A tongue that weighs as much as an elephant. The blue whale isn’t just the biggest animal alive – it’s the biggest there has ever been.
The Whales Who Sing – and the Mystery of Their Ever-Changing Song
Humpback whales compose songs that last for hours, ripple across entire oceans, and somehow change together – like a melody the whole sea agrees to learn.
Do Dolphins Have Names? The Surprising Answer Is Yes
Each dolphin invents a unique whistle for itself – and uses it like a name. They even call out to the friends they miss.
Nature’s Gentle Giant: Why No Wild Orca Has Ever Killed a Human
They’re called “killer whales,” they hunt great white sharks, and they rule the ocean’s food chain. So why has a wild orca never taken a human life?