Great rivers of whale pee make a remarkable contribution to Earth's cycling of nutrients, a new study reveals.

By Bobby Bascomb Each year, during summer and fall, large groups of baleen whales gather off the coast of California, U.S., ...

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

Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean to forage and feed along their migratory path off the Western ...

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

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii.

South Georgia has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg ran aground off its coast amid concerns it could ...

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

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 ...