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 ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans, researchers report. The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like ...

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 ...

Learn more about the nearly two decades worth of research showing how the toxins found in bowhead whale poop are a climate change warning bell. Climate change is impacting bowhead whales and the ...

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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 ...