Baleen whales are among the largest creatures in the ocean, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe from other animals. A pod of ...

It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh-pooh. The marine giants’ urine serves a vital role in ecosystems by moving tons of nutrients across vast ocean distances, according to ...

The blue whale is famously the largest animal in the world, but this simple fact doesn't do these creatures justice. They ...

As polar tourism surges, experts warn of its environmental impact. From transport choices to local food, here's how to visit ...

Experts from the United States, Australia and Aotearoa are taking flight from Whakatāne to learn more about critically ...

International collaboration is essential to these research and conservation efforts because the West Pacific leatherback ...

Baleen whales migrate from high latitude feeding grounds to subtropical reproductive winter grounds, translocating limiting nutrients across ecosystems. This study estimates the latitudinal ...

Prehistoric Whale Jaw Bone Sheds Light on the Evolution of Baleen Hidden in a museums’ collections for years, a fossil provides a link between past and present feeding mechanisms November 29, 2018 ...

Mar. 19, 2025 — To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only ...

It is common knowledge that Arctic cleanup work is challenging and expensive. Long distances, hard-to-access areas, scattered ...

Warning signs about shifts in key food sources for fish are beginning to be observed in marine ecosystems worldwide.