The whales were observed off Laguna Beach on Sunday, March 23, rolling and appearing to play in the surf steps from the sand.

The whales were observed off Laguna Beach on Sunday, March 23, rolling and appearing to play in the surf steps from the sand.

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

The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, with many species migrating long distances between their feeding and mating grounds, where they ...

After samples were collected, the whale was buried since it was "unable to be towed back to" the beach due to shallow water.

Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...

A tragic incident has unfolded at Hartenbos Beach in Mossel Bay, where beaked whales were found stranded on the shore.

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

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and ...

When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.

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