Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...

New York City’s waterways are running red as fatal boat strikes become a growing threat to the booming marine life population ...

Did you know that whales help keep the ocean healthy by spreading nutrients far and wide? These massive creatures don’t just ...

Baby whale sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries in marine science, but new research suggests their birthplaces may be ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people ...

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

A new study reveals that baleen whales, including humpbacks and gray whales, enrich oceans when they take a whizz.

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

A group of whale watchers, look in horror as a huge humpback whale emerges from the water and swallows two kayakers whole!

The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display ...