The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display ...
Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...
When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.
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There’s a Great Whale Urine Highway That Moves Nutrients Across Oceans“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, ...
A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when sealed off from the surface by a thick layer of ice.
“Recently, we demonstrated how much commercial whaling impacted nutrient recycling by whales in their feeding grounds, and ...
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How whales fuel ocean ecosystems with their pee, placentas, and carcassesWhale pee and other bi-products play a vital role in ocean ecosystems. Find out how they transport nutrients across the seas.
Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean ...
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 ...
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