A recent theory proposes that whales weren’t just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have ...

And more importantly, what impact this will have on the local ecosystem," explained oceanographer ... to continue its journey through the Southern Ocean following the Antarctic Circumpolar Current ...

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

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a cornerstone species in the Southern Ocean ecosystem, are pivotal contributors to this process through two mechanisms: the sinking of carbon-rich fecal ...

Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. In ...

New research findings by Oceana, in collaboration with marine geneticist Dr. Adrian Munguia-Vega and in partnership with prestigious Swiss watchmaker, Blancpain, detected ...

After being stuck for a long time, the jumbo iceberg is now drifting in the Southern Ocean. Scientists and satellites are tracking the berg’s movements to see how it might impact the ecosystems ...

To investigate what role whale poop may have played in this ecosystem, the study analyzed five stool samples. Two samples were from humpback whales in the Southern Ocean and three were from blue ...

Researchers report evidence that marine nutrient cycles -- essential for sustaining ocean ecosystems -- are changing ... health of marine food webs -- in southern hemisphere oceans.