The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, with many species migrating ...

Blue whales migrate during summer to feed in colder regions where krill is plentiful, like in the waters off California. They return to warmer regions such as the Gulf of California and the eastern ...

The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and ...

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.

The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, with many species migrating long distances between their feeding and mating grounds, where they ...

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

The study, published in March in the journal Nature Communications, calculates that in oceans across the globe, great whales ...

Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived. The largest of these giants was a true behemoth, equaling the ...

In the summer, adult whales feed at high latitudes (like Alaska ... Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales—the largest animals to ever live on the Earth—are not known and were not included in the ...

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

A study reveals that whales vocalise less during marine heatwaves to kill their prey, linking climate change to changes in ...