A gray whale can be seen spouting behind two dolphins, before the video shows the entire pod swimming together. The whales, ...

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

Baleen whales migrate from high latitude feeding grounds to subtropical reproductive winter grounds, translocating limiting nutrients across ecosystems. This study estimates the latitudinal ...

As polar tourism surges, experts warn of its environmental impact. From transport choices to local food, here's how to visit ...

All kinds of animals are present on this Earth. Most animals have ravenous teeth that are used to hunt other animals. Here ...

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

As baleen whales, they can expand their throats like large balloons, allowing them to engulf a lot of water at a time. They then use hundreds of baleen plates to filter the water out, trapping ...

As baleen whales, they can expand their throats like large balloons, allowing them to engulf a lot of water at a time. They ...

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.

“Given that these warm-water ecosystems are even more nutrient-limited than those in polar regions, the impacts may be even greater in the areas where baleen whales commonly breed and give birth.” In ...

Specifically, urine from baleen whales — as well as their other bodily waste — transports essential nutrients from high-latitude to low-latitude areas, according to a study published on March ...