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

Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.

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 ...

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

British Antarctic Survey scientists on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia are working to better understand the rich ...

What can whale poop teach us about ocean nutrients? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & ...

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

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

But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean. As a result of movement from the East ...

Scientists are worried about chemicals from burned materials (heavy metals, plastics, fire retardants) polluting the ocean.

Ecosystem engineers are plants or animals that create, modify or maintain habitats. As Joshua Larsen, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham, explains, beavers are a perfect example of ...