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 ...
Beware if you’re in the poop zone! Tourists at SeaWorld San Antonio didn’t expect the orca splash zone to feature a wave of killer whale fecal matter. Audience member Alex Bermudez, who captured the ...
A small team of environmental and ocean scientists in Australia, known as Whale X, may have discovered a way to remove carbon from the atmosphere efficiently, Hakai Magazine reported. The key to their ...
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 ...
What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between a ...
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 ...
Deborah Giles and her dog Eba track whale poop to help save endangered orcas. Orca researcher Dr. Deborah Giles and her scent-detecting dog, Eba, are racing to save the southern resident killer whales ...
If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the ...
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 ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results