On 4 July, the spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii), which has never been seen alive, washed up on a beach in Otago, ...

Dignitaries gathered in New Bedford this morning as, at long last, South Coast Rail service finally launched, connecting the ...

A look at I-195 Bridge project was top news this week. Here's a recap of the most-read Standard-Times stories.

While fans of the movie and novel “Jaws” might envision an encounter with a 22-foot great white shark as being daunting, ...

Teeth from sharks and rays can be used to study their diet, but one of the biggest challenges in shark science is collecting ...

A team of researchers spotted two teeth fossils of creatures living alongside dinosaurs who later turned out to be of human ...

The Whale’s Tooth parking lot, operated by the New Bedford Port Authority, will provide both MBTA and Seastreak parking. Here ...

— Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Videos show narwhals using their tusks in several ways, including prodding and flipping a fish. It’s the first reported evidence of the whales playing.

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

For too long, Humpback whales' urinary contributions to the ocean have been overlooked. Photograph By Martin Van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In the deep blue water, a one-month-old humpback whale ...