The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

The University of Washington conducted a study that offers more support to this claim, arguing that whale excrement holds ...

Researchers found that whale feces contain iron and non-toxic copper, essential nutrients for ocean ecosystems. The study ...

Blue whales and other baleen whales ... The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica harbors little human life but is thought to play an important role in the global climate. Strong circumpolar ...

It will use changes in the degree of red coloration detected by satellites to track its quarry: a tiny shrimp smaller than ...

An ocean-going vessel from activists Sea Shepherd will call into Wellington later this week on its way to monitor the krill ...

A blue whale photographed in September 2010.NOAA The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny ...

Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely on healthy oceans for food and livelihoods to support their families.

Instead, they have baleen, a bristle-like substance composed of keratin. This helps them filter krill and other animals from the water There are 14 baleen whale species, including blue whales, fin ...