Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

The Makah Tribe has formally requested permission to resume its traditional whale hunt this July. A permit application is out ...

New findings suggest the evolution and behavior of at least some baleen whales has been significantly shaped by fear of orca attack.

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

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

For example, gray whales travel nearly 7,000 miles between feeding ... Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales—the largest ...

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 ...

The tribe applied for the permit under regulations NOAA Fisheries issued on June 13, 2024, granting the tribe’s request for a limited waiver under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to hunt the ...

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

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