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

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 ...

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

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

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

Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...

“We call it the ‘great whale conveyor belt,”” Roman ... Plus, the nutrient inputs of blue whales—the largest animals to ever live on the Earth—are not known and were not included ...

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

Whale pee and other bi-products play a vital role in ocean ecosystems. Find out how they transport nutrients across the seas.