One whale’s unfortunate death can be an entire ecosystem’s blessing, recent research shows. A large international team of marine researchers monitored the seafloor surrounding the corpse of a whale ...

Time is of the essence: the whale off the Danish coast is in danger of exploding. The dead animal had originally been due to be recovered on shore, but Denmark’s environment and nature agency and the ...

It's the oldest, largest, and deepest graveyard of whale falls ever found—and it's been feeding life for millions of years. Reading time 4 minutes Marine scientists this week have announced a ...

On the barren seafloor, a sunken whale is like an all-you-can-eat buffet popping up on a deserted island. All manner of hardy deep-sea critters congregate at the carcass, turning a biological ghost ...