Marine biologists unravel how whales and their poop trap carbon and feed the ocean. Whales are massive reservoirs of carbon and they are key to the health of our oceans. But there are fewer whales — ...

Dana Bloch pictured with a bottle of whale feces collected for her research. (Courtesy Dana Bloch) Humpback whales could be growing their own food supply and fighting climate change in a very unusual ...

When we think about climate regulation, whales aren't exactly the first creature we think of. However, when we look beneath the surface of the ocean, we see how these massive creatures play an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up on the head of a sperm whale as it's swimming in the ocean. Sperm whales blasted a "big dark bubble" of poop to prevent ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Whale droppings have emerged as a natural ocean fertilizer which could help combat global warming by allowing the Southern Ocean to absorb more carbon dioxide, Australian scientists ...

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 ...