This illustration shows an artistic reconstruction of a mother and calf of Maiabalaena nesbittae nursing offshore of Oregon during the Oligocene, about 33 million years ago. While Maiabalaena ...

Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

Many whales travel thousands of miles from their summer foraging areas to winter grounds for breeding and calving. Nitrogen and other elements can be released in the form of urine, carcasses, ...

They were about to attack a group of sperm whales.  The orcas began to swim in circles around the sperm whales, which tried ...

This regularity, called Zipf's law, has just been discovered in an unexpected domain: humpback whale songs. Illustration image Pixabay An international team, led by researchers from the Hebrew ...