In a time when ocean health is constantly in the spotlight, whether due to coral reef loss, plastic pollution, or declining ...

Even biologists only capture a glimpse of the lives of whales. There are still many species whose lives are largely a mystery ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is assisting after a whale washed ashore on Hilton Head Island on Saturday ...

Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a ...

A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning, according to ...

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...

A group of over 75 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were seen in shipping lanes south of Martha’s Vineyard, ...

This effect is called the “whale pump” and it can enhance the photosynthetic rate of plankton, which is the basis of the food web. Nutrients are not distributed evenly across the ocean and in ...

Strands of kelp glow in the dim morning light off California’s Channel Islands as fish and sea lions weave through the golden ...

This is because whales accumulate tons of carbon in their bodies during their lives - which average at 50 years - and when they die, their bodies sink to the bottom of the ocean, burying the carbon ...

In 2021, however, news headlines claimed a population decline, and in 2023, a media report mentioned a significant drop in blue whale sightings. De Vos told Mongabay that the North Indian Ocean ...

An incredibly rare albino orca was caught on camera leaping out of the ocean, leaving an impassioned wildlife photographer ...