For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that whales evolved from aquatic creatures as the oceans warmed and became more ...
While whales do need fresh water, they actually don’t need a huge amount, considering their size. This is largely because, in ...
New research from the University of St Andrews shows humpback whales rely on socially learned bubble-net feeding to survive and recover in the northeastern Pacific. The study, published on January 21, ...
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 ...
Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through ...
What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...
Government action is needed. Experts issue urgent warning after concerning incidents involving whales: 'Far outside what most ...
Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...
A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted in Cape Cod Bay over the weekend with fishing gear wrapped ...
Picture an animal whose tongue will weigh as much as an entire elephant. Sounds like an exciting joke, but not for the blue ...