Whales transport vital nutrients from urine, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin across oceans that help to keep marine ...

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

Travel companies are increasingly distancing themselves from unethical animal attractions, but TUI still sells tickets. Actor ...

Blue whale births remain unseen because they occur in winter, when researchers typically aren't observing them. By the time ...

A pair of adult female right whales are still roaming around off Florida's west coast while calving off the Atlantic Coast continues.

There may be fewer than 100 Rice's whales left in the Gulf of Mexico, but the Department of the Interior doesn't believe that ...

A pair of Bryde’s whales were recently spotted off the coast of Thailand, providing a special treat for onlookers. The marine mammals — which are rarely observed in Thai water ...

Warm-blooded and always with hair or fur (even dolphins and whales), mammals make up a wide range of animals, both in the ocean and on land. If you have an interest in mammals, there’s good news. You ...

For most creatures, such a descent would quickly become perilous, but the sperm whale turns it into an everyday escapade. As the undisputed champion of deep diving among mammals, the sperm whale ...

led the mapping and approval of 43 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and Wider Caribbean. These newly identified IMMAs spotlight critical habitats for ...

A pod of orcas has given Seattle onlookers a rare glimpse into their world. The pod swam close to shore Sunday and their lucky audience was treated to a rarely seen bird hunt by the whales.