Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

A new study has found that whale songs can act as a barometer for the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems.

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 ...

“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, ...

“We call it the ‘great whale conveyor belt,”” Roman ... Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales—the largest animals to ever live on the Earth—are not known and were not included ...

The study, published in March in the journal Nature Communications, calculates that in oceans across the globe, great whales ...

The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and humpback whales that ... while pooping in such great quantities as ...

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...