A mysterious whale that has long puzzled scientists may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath ...

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

The longest blue whale on record was also a female killed by whalers, this time in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1909. She was just over 110 feet long. Those two individuals stand as the largest ...

which opened in the Sant Ocean Hall in November, features a baleen plate from a deceased whale along with plastic extracted from the animal’s stomach. Since 2007, the blue whale skull has ...

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 ...

Whale urine helps move nutrients thousands of miles across the ocean in a “conveyer belt,” according to a new study. Photo from Venti Views, UnSplash It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh ...

A humpback whale urinating near Hawaii ... Seabirds transport nitrogen and phosphorus from the ocean to the land in their poop, increasing the density of plants on islands. Animals form the ...

For too long, Humpback whales' urinary contributions to the ocean have been overlooked. Photograph By Martin Van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In the deep blue water, a one-month-old humpback whale ...

In the Southern Ocean, blue whale populations are still greatly reduced after intense hunting in the 20th century. “ Both blue whales and humpbacks were depleted from hunting, but some humpback and ...

It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh-pooh. The marine giants’ urine serves a vital role in ecosystems by moving tons of nutrients across vast ocean distances, according to new research.