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 ...

Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through ...

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 ...

According to a new study, whale urine is massively beneficial to oceans. In fact, without the gallons upon gallons of whale urine flowing through oceans today, ecosystems would not be as healthy, and ...

Swimmers are crowding the whales and diving on them when they surface to breathe. The whale-watching boats also crowd whale ...

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 ...

Learn about the different ideas that came together in Massachusetts to make the right whale the "right" whale to represent ...

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National ...

Killer Whale’s sombre meditation on the far-reaching effects of animal captivity undercuts the film’s central survival-horror ...

Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to wildlife populations globally, and marine mammals are no exception. Dolphins, ...

For centuries, humans have drawn a line between themselves and other species, initially claiming that other animals couldn't feel pain. Science proved they could. Then the argument shifted: Animals ...