Great rivers of whale pee make a remarkable contribution to Earth's cycling of nutrients, a new study reveals.

Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...

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

What exactly is this unusual blue sea creature? Get to know one of the more unusual members of the sea slug family in our quick look.

Videos show narwhals using their tusks in several ways, including prodding and flipping a fish. It’s the first reported evidence of the whales playing.

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

South Georgia has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg ran aground off its coast amid concerns it could ...

The island has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg, A23a, ran aground off its south-west coast. There's a concern it could impact wildlife on the island - but the timing is ...

The ocean is an incredible yet nerve-wracking world unto itself. Its unexplored depths are home to creatures still unknown to ...

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

New research has shown that whales ferry substantial quantities of nutrients for thousands of miles in their urine and other ...

Baleen whales undertake some of the longest migrations of any mammal, traveling thousands of miles between nutrient-rich ...