A new study shows that the mere presence of poop prompted the crustaceans to launch into evasive maneuvers. New research ...

The study, published in March in the journal Nature Communications, calculates that in oceans across the globe, great whales ...

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Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation ...

An aerial survey team from the Florida-based Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute spotted the killer whale near ...

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 foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...

The blue whale is famously the largest animal in the world, but this simple fact doesn't do these creatures justice. They ...

The study suggests that even the faintest hint of penguin droppings in the water is enough to prompt krill into escape ...