I paid a lot of attention to those words because I already had a big — make that a giant interest in growing these ...

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

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

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

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

A new study revealed that whales support tropical ecosystems by transporting vital nutrients across vast ocean from Alaska to ...

“If plants and phytoplankton are the planet’s lungs, taking in carbon dioxide and expelling oxygen, then whales and other animals are like the circulatory system. “Known as the great whale conveyor ...

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

It's critical to tropical ocean health, therefore ... "Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and expelling oxygen," says Joe Roman, "For their ...

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

As they migrate from nutrient-rich, cold feeding grounds to warm tropical waters where they breed ... Seabirds transport nitrogen and phosphorus from the ocean to the land in their poop, increasing ...