Pilot whales are the second largest dolphins after orcas. They are gentle giants of the ocean who can be found across most ...

Whales are among the loudest animals on Earth, but even they can be susceptible to harm from excessive or overly loud noise in the ocean. Scientists have measured blue whales calls as loud as 190 ...

The creatures, which ranged in size from that of a fox to more than 50 feet long, divided their time between the coast and ...

According to a new study, whale urine is massively beneficial to oceans. In fact, without the gallons upon gallons of whale urine flowing through oceans today, ecosystems would not be as healthy ...

The physical movement of whales and other animals throughout the ocean may be responsible for up to a third of the transport of its nutrients, which feeds plankton and supports the whole ecosystem.

What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...

The blue whale, which uses baleen to filter its prey from ocean water and can reach lengths of over 100 feet, is the largest vertebrate animal that has ever lived. On the list of the planet's most ...

The Environment Authority used this tragedy as an opportunity. Officials issue warning after discovering disturbing cause of ...

Concern is growing that human-generated noise in the ocean disrupts marine animals that rely on sound for communication and navigation. In the modern ocean, the background noise can be ten times ...