The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display “traditional migratory patterns,” moving from colder waters in the summer to ...

On February 25, the shores in Al Wusta bore witness to a profound loss, one that speaks to the delicate balance between the natural world and ...

Both climate change and human activities significantly impact the oceans by causing global warming, sea level rise, acidification, pollution, altered ...

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

“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, ...

In a nutshell Migrating baleen whales transport thousands of tons of nutrients from cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds to ...

One of the key reasons to cruise Alaska is to visit the island-studded Inside Passage which, put simply, can’t be reached by ...

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

New research has shown that whales ferry substantial quantities of nutrients for thousands of miles in their urine and other ...

A team of British Virgin Islands researchers with Beyond The Reef, a nonprofit that focuses on ocean conservation, spent some ...

When whales get hurt or sick, it doesn't just affect the animals. State wildlife officials issue urgent warning after ...

Concerns have been brewing in recent days as word of large-scale layoffs at NOAA and its sister branch the National Weather ...