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

“We were really shocked by how much copper was in the whale poop. We initially thought, ‘oh, no, is the whale poop actually ...

Packed with iron and essential nutrients, whale poop helps stimulate plankton growth, which supports marine life and even helps absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Could whales be nature ...

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

The open-access study, the first to look at the forms of these trace metals in what’s commonly known as whale poop, was published in January in Communications Earth & Environment. “We made novel ...

Even for the world’s largest animals, “when you gotta go, you gotta go.” Whale’s volcanic poop offers up a treasure trove of biological information and nutrients for the ocean. Not to be ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and ...

Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move tons of ...

(Credit: Martin van Aswegen, NOAA permit 21476) 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 ...