Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species in shallow waters, as whales swim up from the deep sea, where they feed, ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. UC Santa Cruz professors ...

More information: Michele Thums et al, Tracking pygmy blue whale diving behaviour and validation of foraging areas defined ...

By Ali Reza Ghasemi The 10th season of the Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies (BWBS) Program in 2024 achieved impressive environmental results: It reduced the risk of deadly ship strikes to ...

A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, ...

“But we soon realized that was only part of the story,” Joe Roman, a study co-author and conservation biologist ... with some species like Antarctic blue whales reduced by 99 percent.

The Saguaro LNG project also poses significant climate threats. LNG is a major source of methane emissions, a greenhouse gas about 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the short term. The ...

Both blue whales and humpbacks were depleted from hunting, but some humpback and other whale populations are rebounding after several decades of concerted conservation efforts. “Lots of people ...