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

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

In a nutshell Migrating baleen whales transport thousands of tons of nutrients from cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds to ...

That's not quite the price tag that people put on animals like whales or wolves ... Large, iconic species — think elephants, lions, pandas, and other "charismatic megafauna" — usually reap ...

Whales can’t (and shouldn’t) be studied in captivity, Roman emphasizes. Instead, co-author Dan Costa analyzed the urine output of northern elephant seals, a species with similar physiology ...

A group of elephants is sometimes referred to as a parade ... This term is believed to have originated in the 1800s, likely referring to the way whales swimming in formation looked like seeds in the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Each year, during summer and fall, large groups of baleen whales gather off the coast of California, U.S., to feast on krill and fish before ...

Due to drought, climate change & scarce resources in Kenya, elephants are getting closer to villages in their hunt for food.

A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, ...