The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong ...

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and fish ...

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

suggest the prehistoric predator may have reached about 80 feet, or about two school buses in length. It also likely weighed an estimated 94 tons, comparable to a large blue whale, but with a body ...

Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...

They focused on six species known to migrate seasonally over long distances from higher latitudes to lower latitudes: blue whales, fin whales, gray whales, humpback whales, and North Atlantic and ...

South Georgia has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg ran aground off its coast amid concerns it could ...