Finding the 200 or so artworks, tucked away amidst dusty relics and spread across the sprawling colonial-era building, was as ...

Communication isn't rare in nature, but whale song features a statistical complexity that matches human speech, and that is ...

The specimen, likely to be of the ancestors of modern whales, would have helped geologists assess the paleontological ...

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The crypto market may be experiencing volatility, but whales are actively accumulating key altcoins. As institutional interest grows, several standout altcoins are seeing increased activity, pointing ...

A humpback whale urinating near Hawaii. Credit: Lars Bejder/NOAA Scientists have long understood that microbes, zooplankton, and fish are vital sources of recycled nitrogen in coastal waters.

A humpback whale and her calf are two of thousands of whales who create a newly discovered "conveyor belt," carrying huge quantities of critical nutrients from high latitudes to the tropics. (Credit: ...

Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move tons of ...

Whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. (Humpback whale mother and calf.) Credit: Martin van ...

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 ...