Weligama, Mirissa and Galle, towns on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, are a haven for tourism, hosting surfers and marine ...

The finding indicates whale songs could serve as a barometer for their overall health, the study said. ‘It is a window into their lives.’ ...

Blue whale births remain unseen because they occur in winter, when researchers typically aren't observing them. By the time ...

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

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

Playwright Abe Koogler’s portrait of a group of Pacific Northwesterners is rich, funny and devastating, with a cast that’s a ...

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

Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

Blue whales migrate during summer to feed in colder regions where krill is plentiful, like in the waters off California. They ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and fish ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

When University of Pisa paleontologists first found a prehistoric whale's skeleton 13 years ago among rocks in southern ...