As research over the past several decades has shown, whales play a critical role in bolstering ocean ecosystems. Many whale ...

Pooping whales changed the course of Asha de Vos’ career. The Sri Lankan marine biologist was aboard a research vessel near her home island in 2003 when she spotted six blue whales congregating.

The blue whale is the largest animal in the world. There are two sub-species of blue whales in the Southern Hemisphere, the Antarctic (or true) blue whale and the pygmy blue whale. The blue whale is ...

Beware if you’re in the poop zone! Tourists at SeaWorld San Antonio didn’t expect the orca splash zone to feature a wave of killer whale fecal matter. Audience member Alex Bermudez ...

The century-long story of two blue whale vertebrae can now be told for the first time, revealing their part in helping to ban whaling. In the final resting place of some of the largest animals on ...

This was a truly moment to remember in SeaWorld. Visitors at SeaWorld San Antonio were in for a surprise during a recent orca whale show when one cheeky whale decided to give them more than just a ...

That is precisely why marine scientist Edwina Tanner and a small group of collaborators at the WhaleX Foundation are attempting to create synthetic whale poop. Comprised largely of nitrogen with a ...

Seconds later, it does an epic splash that COVERS the first five rows in the now-sullied whale poop water. What really makes the video are the expressions of the faces of the kids sitting a row in ...

New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts might be home to five impressive whale skeletons, but the blue whale in particular might leave its mark on you. Literally – its skeleton is dripping o ...