Did you know that whales help keep the ocean healthy by spreading nutrients far and wide? These massive creatures don’t just ...

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 ...

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

Janine Williams and Sophie Pierce are part of Team Cruising Free, who are rowing 3,200 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. | ITV ...

A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ...

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 ...

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

The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display ...

Researchers found that the whales had brought more nitrogen from their feeding grounds than the ocean’s natural processes ...