The Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR] urges the public “to follow best practices for whale watching ...

The study, published in March in the journal Nature Communications, calculates that in oceans across the globe, great whales ...

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 ...

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, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. UC Santa Cruz professors ...

(One study in Iceland suggests that fin whales produce more than 250 gallons of urine per day when they are feeding. Humans pee less than half a gallon daily.) Whales undertake the longest migration ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

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

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