The carcass, reduced to a bony skeleton, measured about 6.5 feet and was surrounded by crawling creatures that fed on its ...
Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...
The ocean is an incredible yet nerve-wracking world unto itself. Its unexplored depths are home to creatures still unknown to ...
Krill are a keystone species in the Antarctic, but their population is moving further south due to climate change.
“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...
The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...
Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...
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In the summer, adult whales feed at high latitudes—like Alaska, Iceland, and Antarctica)—putting on tons of fat, chowing down ...