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

The finding indicates whale songs could serve as a barometer for their overall health, the study said. ‘It is a window into their lives.’ ...

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

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

When University of Pisa paleontologists first found a prehistoric whale's skeleton 13 years ago among rocks in southern ...

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

Nutrient-rich waste Whale excrement contains iron, phosphorus, and nitrogen, which are substances that phytoplankton need to ...

Baleen whales undertake some of the longest migrations of any mammal, traveling thousands of miles between nutrient-rich ...

MR. GERRIT S. MILLER'S paper, “Some o'¦'o¦ hitherto unpublished photographs and measurements of the Blue Whale” (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 66, pp. 1-4, Pis. i ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles -- in their urine -- from as far as Alaska to Hawaii. These tons of nitrogen support the health of tropical ecosystems and fish ...