Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

Even for the world’s largest animals, “when you gotta go, you gotta go.” Whale’s volcanic poop offers up a treasure trove of biological information and nutrients for the ocean. Not to be ...

Researchers found that the whales had brought more nitrogen from their feeding grounds than the ocean’s natural processes (Alamy/PA) Whales transport vital nutrients from urine, placentas ...

Since so little is understood about this whale species, researchers like O’Corry-Crowe and his colleagues are working diligently to conduct studies to document narwhals’ unknown behaviors to ...

The park expansion would help protect nearly three per cent of Quebec's marine environment, including belugas, fin whales, blue whales, sea marshes and eelgrass beds. "It is huge," said Guilbeault.

Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) said a group of 157 false killer whales were stranded on the beach on Wednesday morning. Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service ...

Two humpback whales feed in Beaufort Sea, northeast of Point Barrow. (Kate Stafford) Catching salmon in the North Slope village of Kaktovik was unheard of not too long ago. But resident Robert ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle on Sunday by treating the whale watchers to the rare sight of the apex predators hunting a bird. The pod of Bigg ...

A team from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue found the whale dead on Friday morning. Teams have gone out to the beach after receiving reports of a long-finned pilot whale on the shore.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sea rescuers and wildlife activists in dinghies approach a whale to cut it loose from fishing nets off the ...

In the middle of this, it was revealed that large investors in XRP, or whales, as they are often referred to, have dumped 370 million XRP in the last four days, an average of around $800 million. It ...