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

Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...

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

When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water to the ... Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales—the largest animals to ever live on the Earth—are not known and were not included in ...

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, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. UC Santa Cruz professors ...

This canine-human success story is another sign of the growing use of dogs in conservation projects. Woman follows dog on ...

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

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

When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from ... Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales -- the largest animals to ever live on the Earth -- are not known and were not included in the ...