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

They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be ...

The whales were observed off Laguna Beach on Sunday, March 23, rolling and appearing to play in the surf steps from the sand.

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

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. UC Santa Cruz professors ...

Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean ... and published in Global Ecology and Conservation, whale dives into the ocean's depths were categorized into foraging, lunge feeding ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and ...

In the Southern Ocean, blue whale populations are still greatly reduced after intense hunting in the twentieth century. "There's basic things that we don't know about them, like where their ...

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 new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalised less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems ...