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

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

Where are all the baby blue whales? Scientists may have finally cracked the mystery - Blue whale calves are rarely seen with ...

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

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii.

Ryan said that given how important singing is to whales’ reproduction, social interactions and foraging, their silence signals trouble. A whale has no energy for song “if it’s harder to gather the ...

Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean to forage and feed along their migratory path off the Western ...

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

New research has shown that whales ferry substantial quantities of nutrients for thousands of miles in their urine and other ...

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

Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...