The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display “traditional migratory patterns,” moving from colder waters in the summer to ...

“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, ...

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

Divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species over a 16-month period, and they have ...

Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-meter-deep Calypso Deep ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people ...

This Redditor shared a life pro tip about donating empty prescription bottles to animal shelters to help the environment.

Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-metre-deep Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea. A total of 167 objects — mainly plastics, glass, metal ...

Panagis is one of dozens of Mediterranean monk seals, or Monachus monachus, that have been nursed back to health by Greece’s ...

The Chesapeake Bay area could have up to a third of the year under marine heat wave conditions by the end of the century, according to a new study from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Invasive seastars have been wreaking havoc in Australian waters, but local volunteers are working to mitigate their impact.