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 think ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for the longstanding mystery of why blue whale calves are rarely sighted, an advance that could help better conserve the critically endangered species.

“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.

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 ...