Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...

A new study published in Nature Communications shows that gray, humpback, and right whales transport about 3,784 tons of nitrogen yearly to their winter breeding grounds, potentially fueling the ...

The Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center is probing the death of a female gray whale that washed up on Black Sands Beach in ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and ...

A mysterious whale that has long puzzled scientists may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath ...

It can be thought of as a funnel because whales mostly feed over large areas, but need to be in a more confined space to mate, breed, and give birth. The calves at first don’t have the energy to ...

“Given that these warm-water ecosystems are even more nutrient-limited than those in polar regions, the impacts may be even greater in the areas where baleen whales commonly breed and give birth.” In ...