A humpback whale urinating near Hawaii. Credit: Lars Bejder/NOAA Scientists have long understood that microbes, zooplankton, and fish are vital sources of recycled nitrogen in coastal waters. But ...

Southern right whales gained their name from being the ‘right’ ones to hunt (Or (Oregon State University) Some whales are more than 100 years old, smashing previously estimated life expectancies, ...

One guide with the tour company said she had 'never seen a great white shark before in the wild' in her 30 years on the job Freeport Whale & Seabird Tours/Facebook A whale watching tour in Nova Scotia ...

Whales are the bees of the ocean. That’s a conclusion of new research showing that whales undertake the longest journeys to transport nutrients of any mammal or large animal on Earth, much like bees ...

A humpback whale slaps its tail on the surface of the water in this photo taken from the beach at Haycraft Park in Maalaea. The Maui News archive / Matthew Thayer Nearly 500 volunteers gathering data ...

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 ...

A statewide snapshot of humpback whale activity showed a sharp decline this year, with weather and fewer volunteers affecting the annual Great Whale Count. The count recorded a 39% decrease in whales ...

Researchers and tourists on board two vessels captured a rare event of a single killer whale, also known as an orca whale, attacking a juvenile white shark and killing it in under 2 minutes. The video ...

Volunteers across the main Hawaiian Islands tallied 315 whales between 9 and 9:15 a.m. Saturday. A humpback whale performs a tail slap as a whale- watching vessel observes in Maalaea Bay. This year ...

The whale shark — a shark, not a whale — is the largest fish in the world, roughly the length of a city bus. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), which live in warm seas, are known as majestic creatures.