“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the longest migration of any mammal,” says Roman. “So they connect areas close to ...

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

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

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

(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 ...

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 ...

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