A group of whale watchers, look in horror as a huge humpback whale emerges from the water and swallows two kayakers whole!

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

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

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

Despite their name, killer whales (orcas) are actually dolphins.

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people ...

A newborn Southern Resident killer whale calf with distinctive peachy coloring captured attention as it bonded with its family, not long after a tragic loss surfaced when a grieving mother was seen ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii.

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 ...