Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

krill and small fish — out of the water. Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish ...

A group of whale watchers, look in horror as a huge humpback whale emerges from the water and swallows two kayakers whole!

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people ...

However, when krill numbers declined again, blue whales, which feed exclusively on krill, sang less. At the same time, fish population surged and humpbacks, which consume both small fish and krill ...

A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ...

The study, published in March in the journal Nature Communications, calculates that in oceans across the globe, great whales ...

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

Unlike blue whales, humpback whales can also eat anchovies and sardines, and their choruses returned when there was a population explosion of those fish. Ryan said that given how important singing ...

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

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 ...

False killer whales - which are in fact a dolphin - are typically deep-sea dwellers, and are one of the rarest marine mammals ...