The California Academy of Sciences’ exhibit opening Saturday has an intriguing title: “Extreme Mammals.” Upon reading the show’s lengthy subtitle, it will become clear that it’s not about teenagers ...

We spotted our first humpback whale in Taku Inlet, just south of Juneau. Though a good half-mile away and well beyond range of my telephoto for a decent shot, her presence filled the fjord, from the ...

On November 23, the Bullock Museum in Austin will open its new exhibit, "Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time." The exhibit features amazing creatures, including ...

Let's take a moment to meditate on the awesomeness of mammals. We mammals are an amazing and diverse group. Among our ranks are the largest animal to ever live on Earth (the blue whale) and the ...

What stands 15 feet tall, weighs 20 tons and lived about 25 million years ago? If you guessed Indricotherium, you would be right. And if you thought, huh?, maybe it’s time to head over to the Field ...

Scott Portelli leads photography expeditions in the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga, where humpback whales gather seasonally to nurse their young and mate. The calves, or babies, are sometimes playful, ...

For the first time, the remarkable features of Australia's unique wildlife—from platypus, bilby, kangaroo, koala and emu to mammals gone extinct—are available for all to see, via their bones and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Two partial bones belonging to large, ...

Arctic giants, bowhead whales, possess incredible adaptations for survival in freezing, ice-covered waters. Their massive ...