Both climate change and human activities significantly impact the oceans by causing global warming, sea level rise, acidification, pollution, altered ...

A poo and pee 'conveyor belt' from whales is great for the world, boffins say, explaining they think that the huge distances whales cover is vital for the planet ...

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

“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, ...

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

One of the key reasons to cruise Alaska is to visit the island-studded Inside Passage which, put simply, can’t be reached by ...

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

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

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