When University of Pisa paleontologists first found a prehistoric whale's skeleton 13 years ago among rocks in southern ...

Blue whales migrate during summer to feed in colder regions where krill is plentiful, like in the waters off California. They ...

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, ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people ...

Playwright Abe Koogler’s portrait of a group of Pacific Northwesterners is rich, funny and devastating, with a cast that’s a ...

hints that the key reason why blue whale calves are hardly ever spotted may be that researchers prefer summertime to study congregations of the animal. The calves are born in fall and winter and ...

"A mouse also requires less food and less space to live. If the climate changes, one of the many offspring may survive. That ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and fish ...

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

Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

Scientists dive into the genomes of whales, elephants, and other animal giants looking for new weapons in the fight against ...