The permit application outlines the Makah Tribe’s plans for a traditional and subsistence hunt of North Pacific gray whales ...

Whale poo is responsible for moving tonnes of nutrients from deep water up to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move vast quantities of nitrogen thousands of kilometres in their ...

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

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display ...

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 ...

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

As migrating gray whales are spotted off the Ventura coast, teams in Southern California have so far counted a record low number.

marine plants and animals wouldn’t survive. In summer, whales bulk up by feeding in nutrient-rich polar regions. Then they migrate to mate and reproduce in warm tropical waters, which are ...

The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales ... “Because of their size, whales are able to do things that no other animal does,” Andrew Pershing, a coauthor ...

Thousands of gray whales swim past Ventura each year on their southbound and northbound migration On the southbound trip this year, one longtime Southern California count reported fewer whales and ...