Thousands of humpback whales travel from a vast area where they feed in the Gulf of Alaska to a more restricted area in ...

In the summer, adult whales feed at high latitudes—like Alaska, Iceland, and Antarctica)—putting on tons of fat, chowing down ...

To see a breaching whale, a soaring bald eagle, bears catching salmon, or a bison up close are unforgettable, awe-inspiring ...

“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, ...

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

Did you know that whales help keep the ocean healthy by spreading nutrients far and wide? These massive creatures don’t just ...

New research has shown that whales ferry substantial quantities of nutrients for thousands of miles in their urine and other ...

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

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