This week makes 97 years since a large whale washed ashore on Wrightsville Beach, causing quite the commotion from locals and visitors alike. In total, more than 50,000 people turned over a number of ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and ...

Whale poo is responsible for moving tonnes of nutrients from deep water up to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move vast quantities of nitrogen thousands of kilometres in their ...

Photograph By Martin Van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In the deep blue water, a one-month-old humpback whale nuzzles up to ... Essentially, baleen whales transport nitrogen and phosphorous from ...

The fin whale that washed ashore near Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in November will be moved and taken to a museum on Friday.