The carcass, reduced to a bony skeleton, measured about 6.5 feet and was surrounded by crawling creatures that fed on its ...
“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...
New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...
Whale pee and other bi-products play a vital role in ocean ecosystems. Find out how they transport nutrients across the seas.
Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...
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An international team of marine biologists have published research in Molecular Ecology that shows the benefits of gene flow ...
The findings show whales carry out the longest known transport of nourishment by mammals on the planet. Researchers found that the whales had brought more nitrogen from their feeding grounds than ...