The marine animal had surfaced momentarily to catch a breath when the diver identified it as the perfect opportunity to take ...

The finding indicates whale songs could serve as a barometer for their overall health, the study said. ‘It is a window into their lives.’ ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

The South Georgia pipit, the world's most southerly songbird, was driven to the brink of extinction. But before the abandoned whaling stations have even rusted away, whales have begun returning to ...

A group of whale watchers, look in horror as a huge humpback whale emerges from the water and swallows two kayakers whole!

Blue whale births remain unseen because they occur in winter, when researchers typically aren't observing them. By the time ...

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

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

When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.

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

New research has shown that whales ferry substantial quantities of nutrients for thousands of miles in their urine and other ...

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 ...