"Because [a] sperm whale's diet consists mostly of squid ... It was in the midst of this mayhem that researchers saw the big, blobby poop bubble rise to the water's surface.

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

Perfumers covet a rare kind of whale poop known as ambergris ... Christopher Kemp: “One way or another, a big boulder of ambergris is released into the ocean and then floats for decades ...

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

To sustain their huge bodies, blue whales, which are the largest creatures on Earth ... “We were really shocked by how much copper was in the whale poop. We initially thought, ‘oh, no ...

Scientists have discovered that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their urine—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii.

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet ... the first to look at the forms of these trace metals in what’s commonly known as whale poop, was published in January in Communications Earth & ...

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 ...