Whale urine helps move nutrients thousands of miles across the ocean in a “conveyer belt,” according to a new study. Photo from Venti Views, UnSplash It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh-pooh.

Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. Whale poo is responsible for moving tonnes of nutrients from deep water up to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move ...

If you tracked a whale across the open ocean, this is what you'd see: They travel thousands of miles, burn through blubber, and — in the form of pee — leave behind a trail of nutrients that helps ...

Migrating female baleen whales travel every year from the arctic to the tropics to rear their calves. When they do that, they carry and release a staggering amount of nutrients in places that have ...