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

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

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

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

Great rivers of whale pee make a remarkable contribution to Earth's cycling of nutrients, a new study reveals.

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 ...

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

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