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

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

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

A new study reveals that baleen whales, including humpbacks and gray whales, enrich oceans when they take a whizz.

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

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

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

Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...

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

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

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

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii.