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 ...

WASHINGTON— Several conservation groups sent notice today of their intent to sue the Trump administration for stripping away measures aimed at protecting the critically endangered Rice’s whale from ...

Because of their size, whales are able to do things that no other animal does.” View on euronews ...

North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered, and only about 70 reproductively active females remain.

Great rivers of whale pee make a remarkable contribution to Earth's cycling of nutrients, a new study reveals. While their ...

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

Cameron Selck flips over a crab that had landed upside down in a crate at Half Moon Bay’s Pillar Point Harbor. Keeping the crabs upright is important to keep them alive and fresh. Photo by Anna ...

Researchers said the sighting “brings hope for the species,” which is listed as critically endangered by the International ...

The whales, which have distinctively long tusks, were filmed in the Arctic chasing a fish in what seemed like a ...

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

What better way to track whales than listening in on them? Passive acoustic monitoring, in which microphones are placed underwater to pick up any sounds, has long helped scientists detect the presence ...

Eyos Expeditions will offer guests the chance to snorkel with sperm whales in Dominica, accompanied by a local 'Whale ...