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 ...

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 ...

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

When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.

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 ...

In the summer, adult whales feed at high latitudes (like Alaska, Iceland, and Antarctica), putting on tons of fat ... Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales—the largest animals to ever live on the ...

A new study revealed that whales support tropical ecosystems by transporting vital nutrients across vast ocean from Alaska to ...