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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean to forage and feed along their migratory path off the Western Australian coast, new research led by the Australian Institute of Marine ...

A different group of scientists is hoping to fix at least one of these problems for one species, by moving an entire forest ...

Blue #whales are like a Guardian of the ocean, they carry the soul and life of all species underwater. Inspired by them, we created a blue whale with transparent epoxy resin, inside which is a ...