Whale poop (and whales themselves) may be an innovative and resourceful carbon removal solution that limits the warming of the planet while replenishing sea nutrients.

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. Research ...

Whale poo found on a remote South Australian beach has the potential to help protect endangered southern right whales from ...

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 ...

The WhaleX team aims to replicate the nutrient-rich composition of natural whale poop. Their artificial concoction, primarily composed of nitrogen, phosphorus, and trace elements like silica and ...

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 ...

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 ...

On their second job ever, Collette Yee and her partner were assigned a difficult job: locate transient whale poop in the ocean before it sinks. Luckily, Collette was partnered with Jack, a blue ...

Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans Date: February 6, 2025 Source: University of Washington Summary: A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in ...