According to a new study, whale urine is massively beneficial to oceans. In fact, without the gallons upon gallons of whale urine flowing through oceans today, ecosystems would not be as healthy, and ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. UC Santa Cruz professors ...

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 ...