Whales play a much bigger role in ocean health than most people realize. By feeding at depth and releasing nutrient-rich ...

Whales of all shapes and sizes play a significant role in the health of marine ecosystems. About 50% of the air humans breathe is produced by the ocean, thanks to phytoplankton and whale waste. The ...

Excessive Whale hunting in the 20 th century destroyed global whale populations, thus disrupting worldwide marine ecosystems. Less whales in the oceans means less whale poop in the oceans. That sounds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up on the head of a sperm whale as it's swimming in the ocean. Sperm whales blasted a "big dark bubble" of poop to prevent ...

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What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...

Southern right whales might be eating a more diverse diet than previously thought, an adaptation that scientists hope will make them more resilient in the face of changing environmental conditions.

An illustration of the (A) pre-whaling and (B) post-whaling interactions between whales, shrimp-like krill (pink), and photosynthesizing organisms known as phytoplankton (top left of each panel) in ...

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The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as krill to support a body of up to 100 feet (30 meters) long. Blue whales and ...

This must be a snorkeler’s worst nightmare! But all animals have to poop somehow and that is as true for whale sharks as for any other species. The bigger the animal, the bigger the poop and whale ...