The juvenile fin whale washed ashore on the Anchorage mud flats in November and drew thousands of visitors. It’s still there.

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

For perspective, fin whales produce more than 250 gallons of urine per day when they are feeding, a study in Iceland suggests ...

New findings suggest the evolution and behavior of at least some baleen whales has been significantly shaped by fear of orca attack.

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

Did you know that whales help keep the ocean healthy by spreading nutrients far and wide? These massive creatures don’t just ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii.

MEAT from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than US$1,300 (RM5,760) per kilogramme at auction, as officials try to keep the ...

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

Mar. 15—The 47-foot fin whale that washed up on the Anchorage mudflats in November, drawing hundreds of visitors and becoming a citywide phenomenon, has found a permanent home at a Wasilla museum.

Examples of baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales. Toothed whales usually eat larger prey, which can include fish, squid, octopus, seabirds, seals, penguins ...