Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived. The largest of these giants was a true behemoth, equaling the ...

The study, published in March in the journal Nature Communications, calculates that in oceans across the globe, great whales ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

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 ...

Later two adult gray whales approached us ... We circled nearby, waiting for a blue whale to surface. With a loud blast of air from its blowhole, a blue whale appeared a couple of hundred yards ...

"Right whales are occasionally spotted on the Gulf Coast of Florida where we continue to receive reports of a pair of adult ... by Blue World Research Institute: 888-97-WHALE (94253) ...

In the summer, adult whales feed at high latitudes (like Alaska ... were not included in the primary calculations of the new study. In the Southern Ocean, blue whale populations are still greatly ...