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

The endangered whales visit Bay each year, where researchers count and track them, hoping the species returns from the brink ...

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

Endangered North Atlantic right whales are approaching extinction.

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

Nauset, a 31-year-old North Atlantic right whale, was seen by aerial observers about 5 miles off Wellfleet with a calf.

The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) said its aerial observers saw a North Atlantic right whale calf with its mother about five miles west of Great Island in Wellfleet.

The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and fish ...