Note: This article may contain content that is distressing to some. An endangered fin whale washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska attracting dozens of curious observers as wildlife biologists ...

However, the real star of the evening was Claude Monet’s Nymphéas of 1914–1915, one of his series of water lilies. It sold for $65.5 million after a 17-minute bidding war by an Asian buyer represented ...

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal's death. The carcass ...

XRP forms a golden cross as whales move 210M tokens amid Ripple-Cardano partnership rumors. Two major XRP transfers total $233.76M, with one transaction moving $123.59M from Binance. Analyst predicts ...

XRP whales transferred tokens worth $233.76 million. The altcoin declined by 2.69% in 24 hours but remained in a bullish phase. Since hitting a local low of $0.49 earlier in the month, Ripple [XRP] ...

Survivors of the whale attack drifted at sea for months, succumbing to starvation, dehydration—and even cannibalism Eli Wizevich History Correspondent A whale attacks a boat in Frank Goodrich's ...

Researchers spotted two young North Atlantic right whales feeding in Cape Cod Bay Monday. The Provincetown-based Center for Coastal Studies called it the first sighting of the 2024-2025 season ...

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A painting of water lilies by Claude Monet fetched $65.5 million at Sotheby’s on Monday, a strong start to a week of bellwether auctions in New York. The 1914–17 canvas was the top lot of an ...

Some in Cape Town awoke on Sunday morning to an extraordinary and surreal spectacle: a massive humpback whale embarking on an unlikely and final journey, as it was transported from Hout Bay through ...

The carcass of a fin whale shifted 180-degrees during an outgoing tide after being anchored to the mud flats on Sunday so marine biologists could perform a necropsy on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024.