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

Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...

In a nutshell Migrating baleen whales transport thousands of tons of nutrients from cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds to ...

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

Janine Williams and Sophie Pierce are part of Team Cruising Free, who are rowing 3,200 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. | ITV ...

A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ...

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

New research has shown that whales ferry substantial quantities of nutrients for thousands of miles in their urine and other ...

When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display ...