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 ...

In the ocean, nutrients often determine how productive an ecosystem can be and, therefore, how much life it can support. Many tropical and subtropical areas where whales give birth lack essential ...

It’s super-cool, and changes how we think about ecosystems in the ocean. We don’t think of animals other than humans having an impact on a planetary scale, but the whales really do.” ...