“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, ...

The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display “traditional migratory patterns,” moving from colder waters in the summer to ...

“Nutrients are coming in from outside—and not from a river, but by these migrating animals. It’s super-cool, and changes how we think about ecosystems in the ocean. We don’t think of ...

“Recently, we demonstrated how much commercial whaling impacted nutrient recycling by whales in their feeding grounds, and this work augments our understanding of how tropical systems are also ...

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 ...

This footage provides a new clue to an important ingredient for a healthy ocean: whale wee. Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as ...

The marine giants’ urine serves a vital role in ecosystems by moving tons of nutrients across vast ocean distances, according to new research. Specifically, urine from baleen whales — as well ...

Whale urine helps move nutrients thousands of miles across the ocean in a “conveyer belt,” according to a new study. Photo from Venti Views, UnSplash It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh ...