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Scientists have captured rare footage of remoras, also known as sucker fish, hitching rides on humpback whales off the coast of Australia. Remoras use an adhesive plate on their heads to cling to ...

The things I didn’t expect about my new life in Sydney presented themselves in little, non-extraordinary ways. The fact that ...

On this week's episode: bees trained to keep track of time, eating small amounts of plastic can kill ocean animals, ...

So many people had shown up that Oregon State Police and other officials were asking people to avoid the area.

A video shared in a statement from Griffith University shows a handful of long remoras clinging to a whale as it approaches the surface of the water. Right before the whale surfaces, the remoras fling ...

The humpback whale had become entangled in fishing line from a crab pot on Saturday and was stranded; rescue attempts failed ...

In its wake, we examined whale entanglements along the West Coast. Entanglements occur when a human-made material — such as ...

A group of friends on a whale-watching trip in Newport Beach got a surprise on Monday when a humpback whale breached just behind them as they posed for a photo. Video taken by one of the passengers ...

A humpback whale was spotted in the Manasquan Inlet on Friday morning. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is monitoring the situation, concerned the whale could become stranded. The sighting occurs ...