The open-access study, the first to look at the forms of these trace metals in what's commonly known as whale poop, was published in January in Communications Earth & Environment. "We made novel ...

The open-access study, the first to look at the forms of these trace metals in what's commonly known as whale poop, was published in January in Communications Earth & Environment. "We made novel ...

Previously, scientists had documented high levels of nitrogen and carbon in whale poop, but the new study focused on trace metals, substances often lacking far from land but essential for ...

This is pre-existing thick, strong lava layers that are forming the roof of the cave.” Sperm whales poop more than average in Dominica, a tiny nation in the Caribbean. Reinhard Dirscherl ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales in the world, reaching 45 tons and living for decades. Their populations were imperiled by historic whaling practices and they are still considered rare ...