Whale feces, the excrement of whales, has a vital role in the ecology of oceans, earning whales the title of "marine ecosystem engineers." This significant...

Feces (or faeces; sg.: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria...

Whale meat, broadly speaking, may include all cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) and all parts of the animal: muscle (meat), organs (offal), skin...

column via whale feces where it can contribute to primary productivity at the surface. In death, their carcasses can become part of a whale fall and sink...

plankton even in man-made environments. Of all animal fecal matter, it is whale feces that is the 'trophy' in terms of increasing nutrient availability. Phytoplankton...

large area). Some specific types of feces that detection dogs have had success in identifying include killer whale feces, northern spotted owl pellets, and...

year. Whales defecate at the ocean's surface; their excrement is important for fisheries because it is rich in iron and nitrogen. The whale feces are liquid...

and krill was found consistently throughout their feces which is an indicator that krill is in whale diets. Antarctic krill had an average iron level of...

Whale conservation refers to the conservation of whales. Prior to the setting up of the IWC in 1946, unregulated whaling had depleted a number of whale...

three different raw materials: whale oil, spermaceti oil, and whalebone. Whale oil was the result of "trying-out" whale blubber by heating in water. It...