Starting work on Planet Earth III is a daunting prospect. You ask yourself, are there really new places to travel to? Can we find new dramas to tell? Could we even film a species for the first time?

A large group of Arabian humpback whales, a species facing the threat of extinction, was sighted off the coast of Gwadar, Balochistan, late last night.

Tourists from around the world visit El Doradillo and nearby viewing points to watch families of whales breaching just offshore. "I've seen whales in Canada and California, but this was the best and ...

Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Katie Surma as they discuss how scientists are using AI ...

One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, ...

Bowhead whales can live over 200 years thanks to a protein that helps their cells repair DNA damage efficiently.

Madagascar’s Nosy Be was recently identified as a hotspot for whale sharks, which could boost the island’s ecotourism to ...

In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

Scientists are worried about the winter fishing season as well as the effects of federal government cuts to agencies.

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...