Preserved penguin poop may be the key to connecting past Antarctic Ocean conditions and penguin populations, shedding light on how the birds and the region's ecosystem might fare as the climate ...

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 ...

When we think about climate regulation, whales aren't exactly the first creature we think of. However, when we look beneath the surface of the ocean, we see how these massive creatures play an ...

Bigger than any dinosaur that ever existed, blue whales can reach 110 feet long and weigh up to 190 tons. These giants, alongside other cetacean species like humpback and grey whales, are part of a ...

When we think about climate change, giant whales are not usually part of the conversation. Yet these ocean giants play a surprisingly important role in keeping the planet balanced. One of the most ...

Scientists found baleen whales eat and excrete more than we thought, and the discovery has implications for the entire planet. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family ...

Tickled by sunlight, life teems at the ocean surface. Yet the influence of any given microbe, plankton, or fish there extends far beyond this upper layer. In the form of dead organisms or poop, ...

'Whale pump' boosts ocean productivity and channels carbon into deep sea for long-term storage, say marine scientists 'We have this huge gentle giant, basically, that is providing all these ecosystem ...

There’s an elite club in surfing. One which, for entry, requires determination, desperation, and a smidge of shameless depravity. We’re talking about the pooping in the ocean (occasionally wetsuit) ...