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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Thousands of humpback whales travel from a vast area where they feed in the Gulf of Alaska to a more restricted area in Hawaii, where they breed. There, in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale ...