Dawn's love for animals was matched only by her commitment to the orcas she worked with, and she shared a special connection with Tilikum, the massive killer whale that would take her life in 2010.

For too long, Humpback whales' urinary contributions to the ocean have been overlooked. Photograph By Martin Van Aswegen, NOAA Permit 21476 In the deep blue water, a one-month-old humpback whale ...

A pair of endangered North Atlantic right whales have finally been spotted again off Florida's west coast, and the good news is the right whales appear to be headed back to the right ocean.

Even for the world’s largest animals, “when you gotta go, you gotta go.” Whale’s volcanic poop offers up a treasure trove of biological information and nutrients for the ocean. Not to be ...

A humpback whale and her calf are two of thousands of whales who create a newly discovered "conveyor belt," carrying huge quantities of critical nutrients from high latitudes to the tropics. (Credit: ...

At least three orca whales were spotted swimming through Bellingham Bay on Tuesday. Bellingham resident Nate Wallace captured a video of the whales at about 4:30 p.m. as they were swimming south ...

Researchers found that the whales had brought more nitrogen from their feeding grounds than the ocean’s natural processes (Alamy/PA) Whales transport vital nutrients from urine, placentas ...