Why are orcas ramming boats?

They’ve recently made headlines for interfering with boats, but intelligent, family-focused and remarkably long-lived orcas–better known as killer whales–contain multitudes,

Taking a break from installing anti-bird spikes intended to keep gulls off houses in Porthleven, Cornwall, maintenance worker Darren Pardoe visited a seafront pub for a cup of coffee. Sitting outside,

Meet the researchers flying drones to sample slimy whale snot.

Several years ago, I received a curious photo from a bass-fishing friend – let’s call him Andy. It was a bit blurred and, as I squinted to make sense of it, a second image flashed up. There was Andy,

Greg Manning sails his Fairey Atalanta from Arisaig in the West Highlands to the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides

FOR THE DEDICATED WILDLIFE enthusiast, catching up with the ‘biggest fish in the sea’ should represent nothing less than a life highlight. But despite the whale shark’s vast size, it remains a mysteri