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

For perspective, fin whales produce more than 250 gallons of urine per day when they are feeding, a study in Iceland suggests. Humans pee less than half a gallon daily. “Because of their size, whales ...

During these journeys, they excrete vast amounts of nitrogen-rich urea, with fin whales alone producing over 250 gallons of ...

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

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and ...

On Thursday, dozens of volunteers gathered on the Anchorage mudflats to cut apart the 47-foot-long juvenile fin whale that ...

Fin whales in Iceland may produce more than 250 gallons of urine per day when they are feeding. By comparison, humans pee less than half a gallon daily. This new study quantifies the energy ...

The fin whale that washed ashore near Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in November will be moved and taken to a museum on Friday.