Whales of all shapes and sizes play a significant role in the health of marine ecosystems. About 50% of the air humans breathe is produced by the ocean, thanks to phytoplankton and whale waste. The ...
A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers now ...
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The Surprising Benefits Of Whale Poo
It’s not exactly glamorous, but whale poo might just be one of the most underrated forces in nature. While most of us don’t give a second thought to what comes out of the back end of a blue whale, ...
Commercial whalers hunted southern right whales to the brink of extinction. Though the species has rebounded, its recovery has been uneven. Maxi Jonas / picture alliance via Getty Images Southern ...
The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as krill to support a body of up to 100 feet (30 meters) long. Blue whales and ...
An illustration of the (A) pre-whaling and (B) post-whaling interactions between whales, shrimp-like krill (pink), and photosynthesizing organisms known as phytoplankton (top left of each panel) in ...
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